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Young Afghans go door-to-door raising HIV awareness - UN
Young people in eastern Afghanistan have gone door-to-door to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS as part of a United Nations-backed campaign.
UN health agency reports on spread of polio outbreak in Angola and DR Congo
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported today that the recent outbreak of polio in Angola is spreading into other, previously polio-free parts of the country and the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Senior UN official in Eastern Europe to highlight poverty reduction programmes
The head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is visiting Montenegro and Moldova to highlight the two countries' poverty reduction and social development efforts ahead of the UN summit to review global progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
UNICEF launches hygiene awareness campaign to help combat cholera in Cameroon
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has begun a public awareness campaign about hygiene at primary schools across northern Cameroon in a bid to stem an outbreak of cholera that has killed hundreds of people.
Renewed instability in global food markets requires urgent response - UN expert
An independent United Nations human rights expert today called on governments and the international community to promptly tackle the renewed instability of global food markets, noting the related social unrest that has hit some countries in recent weeks.

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