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1. Mapping the world's trachoma hotspots
2. In Brief: Raids free enslaved migrants/refugees in Yemen
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Mapping the world's trachoma hotspots
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LONDON, 1 May 2013 (IRIN) - When Iyabo Dolarin's trachoma mapping team
conducts surveys in Nigeria's Kaduna State, they begin with a ritual:
They go to the centre of the community and spin a bottle on the ground
to determine which household will first be checked for signs of this
painful and disabling disease.
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In Brief: Raids free enslaved migrants/refugees in Yemen
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DUBAI, 2 May 2013 (IRIN) - The army in Yemen has started a crackdown on
illegal smuggling hideouts in the north where migrants, refugees and
asylum seekers from the Horn of Africa are frequently held against
their will and tortured by criminal gangs looking for ransom money.
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