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 DUBAI, 18 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - More people have died from H1N1 influenza in Iran than in any of the 22 countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region, according to WHO’s 14 November update.
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AFGHANISTAN: Schools to reopen for exams after H1N1 shutdown |  KABUL, 17 November 2009 (IRIN Asia) - The government has decided to reopen all schools from 23 November to 12 December to allow 7.5 million schoolchildren across Afghanistan to take exams.
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SOMALIA: WHO confirms first cases of H1N1 |  NAIROBI, 16 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - The first cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 have been confirmed in Somalia, according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO).
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In Brief: Israel transfers 5,000 H1N1 vaccinations to Gaza |  TEL AVIV, 8 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Israel’s Civil Administration announced on 5 November that it had transferred 5,000 pandemic H1N1 vaccinations to Gaza for Hajj pilgrims leaving to Saudi Arabia via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.
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In Brief: Afghan government seeks more funds as H1N1 cases proliferate |  KABUL, 8 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Over 400 new cases of H1N1 influenza and eight fatalities have been reported in Afghanistan since 3 November, according to the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH). In total, 772 people (456 Afghans and 316 foreigners) have been infected by the virus in the country, the MoPH said.
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EGYPT: Nearly a third of children malnourished - report |  CAIRO, 5 November 2009 (IRIN Middle East) - Despite a number of positive economic indicators, Egypt has a hunger problem: Nearly a third of all children are malnourished, according to a new report compiled by the Ministry of Health and the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
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AFGHANISTAN: WHO official supports H1N1 emergency measures |  KABUL, 3 November 2009 (IRIN Asia) - A UN World Health Organization (WHO) official has backed the Afghan government’s health emergency declaration which involves a three-week closure of all schools and universities in Afghanistan as a means of preventing the spread of H1N1 influenza. He called it an “appropriate and timely measure” to curb its spread.
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EGYPT: Pig cull hits livelihoods |  CAIRO, 26 October 2009 (IRIN Middle East) - The Egyptian government's May 2009 decision to cull the country's entire pig population - ostensibly to stem the spread of H1N1 influenza - has hit the livelihoods of 70,000 former pig farmers and unofficial rubbish collectors and their families in the Cairo area, according to local NGO Association for the Protection of the Environment.
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EGYPT: Swine flu risk for Cairo’s overcrowded schools |  CAIRO, 22 October 2009 (IRIN Middle East) - The Egyptian ministries of health and education have ordered all schools in Cairo to halve the number of children in each class to mitigate the possible spread of H1N1 influenza - no small challenge in this overcrowded city of 20 million.
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IRAQ: Swine flu panic shuts down 2,000 schools |  BAGHDAD, 22 October 2009 (IRIN Middle East) - Panic over the possible spread of H1N1 influenza has prompted the closure of more than 2,000 schools in Iraq, according to officials.
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