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Separating facts from figures

This content was published on Apr 28, 2003 Estimates vary from 300-500 million attacks a year, with the number of deaths at between one and three million. At least 90 per cent of these cases occur in Africa south of the Sahara and here lies the challenge. On the one hand, many episodes of fever, particularly at primary health care level, are diagnosed…

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Swiss to tighten defences against Sars

This content was published on Apr 27, 2003 As the global death toll from the pneumonia virus rises, he warned Sars could cripple the Swiss economy if allowed to enter the country. In an interview with the German-language newspaper “SonntagsZeitung”, Zeltner said he would present his proposals this week to the Interior Minister, Pascal Couchepin. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome broke out in China…

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One of Zurich’s oldest festivals accused of sexism

This content was published on Apr 27, 2003 Female participation in the event, which centres on a parade by the guilds’ members through Zurich, is limited to showering their favourites with bouquets of flowers from the roadside. But some women are now seeking to play a more active role in this celebration of the city’s history, following the establishment in 1989 of a…

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Police target domestic violence

This content was published on Apr 26, 2003 They want to encourage more victims and witnesses of abuse to seek help more quickly. The Crime Prevention Centre, which brings together all of Switzerland’s cantonal police forces, also aims to teach officers about the best ways of intervening in cases of domestic violence. Last year police responded to around 10,000 incidents nationwide; yet only…

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Bed net project slashes malaria rates

This content was published on Apr 26, 2003 The message was simple: Going to sleep at night is the most dangerous thing your child can do. Getting under a treated mosquito net could save its life. The results over a three-year period were spectacular – the sale of 65,000 mosquito nets and child deaths cut by 27 per cent. The Swiss-Tanzanian project in…

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Malaria: the killer disease

This content was published on Apr 25, 2003 On Africa Malaria Day on April 25, swissinfo is starting a 13-part series on the disease, its impact and the treatments available. Four-year-old Chelsea lies unconscious in the intensive care ward of St Francis’ Hospital in Ifakara, Tanzania. She fell sick with fever a week ago in her village, 90 kilometres away, before the convulsions…

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Gimmelwald is as Swiss as apple pie

This content was published on Apr 25, 2003 American travellers started a quiet invasion of the sleepy alpine hamlet years ago followed by other English-speaking tourists. But Gimmelwald has remained unspoilt, and the locals want to keep it that way. Strolling along Gimmelwald’s main road, which is closed to motorised traffic, Olle Eggimann steps into a shed housing a few goats and calves.…

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Vancouver addicts get a fix – Swiss-style

This content was published on Apr 24, 2003 Officials in Canada hope the facilities – which provide drug users with a safe place to inject – will help reduce the city’s high rate of drug addiction, overdoses and HIV infection. “The purpose of this – as it was in Zurich – is to tackle the open drug market to encourage intravenous drug users…

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Erik Truffaz Quartet: The Walk Of The Giant Turtle

This content was published on Apr 24, 2003

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