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Chechnya - Chemical Weapons Suspected
There is evidence that chemical weapons have been used in the war
in Chechnya. Some 200 people in the village of Autay have been
sent to hospital with symptoms that point to the use of chemical
weapons. Eyewitnesses say that one...
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Economic boycott of Hamas-led govt leads to health crisis
Gaza city, Gaza Strip, 13 May 2006
1. Exterior of Shifa hospital, doctors entering
2. Doctor looking at X-ray, patients waiting to speak to doctor
3. Doctor treating infant on bed
4. Shelf with very few medicine boxes
5. Empty medicine...
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Improving survival rates give hope to third world victims
PLEASE NOTE: The HIV patients featured here asked that their last names not be used in the story++
October 13, 2005
1. HIV positive patient (Kenny) being examined by Doctor Nielsen
2. Patient being examined
3. Doctor Nielsen examining...
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Health ministers meet on disease crisis
1. Various shots of delegates arriving at the United Nations conference room
2. Building in Bangkok
3. Various of delegates sitting
4. Thai Health Minister Suchai Charoenratanakul sits down to chair meeting
5. Wide shot of meeting
6....
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Medical workers in disaster zone struggle to cope
1. Close up of child with skin disease on face
2. Wide of children's ward in Sukkur civil hospital
3. Mid of flood victim woman sitting on hospital bed with her two sick children
4. Close up of child's leg with drip
5. Close up of...
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USA: 3 US RESEARCHERS WIN NOBLE PRIZE FOR MEDICINE
English/Nat
Three Americans won the Nobel prize for medicine for discovering the body uses nitric oxide to regulate blood vessels, a finding that helped in developing the anti-impotence drug Viagra.
The finding also has other...
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VENEZUELA: HERBAL TREATMENT CLAIMED TO ALLEVIATE AIDS SYMPTOMS
Spanish/Nat
A doctor in Venezuela has developed a herbal treatment that is claimed to alleviate some of the damaging effects of the AIDS virus.
The treatment is based on the extracts of various medicinal plants from Latin America, and...
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GUATEMALA: FREE TREATMENT OFFERED TO HIV POSITIVE PATIENTS
Spanish/Nat
Guatemala has become the first Central American country to offer free treatment for H-I-V positive patients.
Concern is growing at the number of patients diagnosed with the illness which develops into the killer disease AIDS...
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Women battle deadly AIDS virus in the community
1. Various of people in impoverished district of Kayole (East of Nairobi)
2. Wide of WOFAK building (Women Fighting Aids in Kenya)
3. Close up of sign reading Women fighting aids in Kenya
4. Wide shot of clinical officer, Joseph Muthee,...
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BOLIVIA: PEOPLE RETURNING TO TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
Spanish/Nat
Bolivians are turning to traditional medicine as a natural alternative to its modern counterpart.
In the interior of the country, modern doctors are few and far between, and drinks made from herbs and plant extract are the...
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Closing speeches and ceremony at Aids Conference
1. Dancing at closing ceremony of the International AIDS Conference
2. Dr Helene Gayle, Incoming International AIDS Society President walking on stage
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Helene Gayle, Incoming International AIDS Society...
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PERU: LIMA: AUTHORITIES BAN ANTI IMPOTENCE DRUG VIAGRA
Spanish/Nat
The new anti-impotence drug Viagra has been banned by Peru's health authorities.
The drug won't be available even with prescription.
But Peruvian's have always had traditional forms of medicine to treat impotency - and many...
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SOUTH AFRICA: INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE
English/Nat
Computer tycoon Bill Gates is making a U-S 50 (m) million dollar donation to fight the spread of AIDS in the southern African nation of Botswana.
The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation will make the donation over five years to...
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PREVIEW ahead of international AIDS conference in Rio
1. Zoom-out from facade of Gaffre-Guinle Hospital to wide of facade of hospital
2. Wide of the entrance of the hospital
3. Wide of AIDS ward at the hospital Gaffre-Guinle
4. AIDS patient
5. 25 year old AIDS patient
6. Wide of mother...
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Crowds gather at Rio's Copacabana beach to celebrate International Marijuana Day
Hundreds of fake marijuana leaves were "planted" on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday to mark International Cannabis Day.
Activists in the Brazilian city are calling for the drug to be legalised for medical use, and some...
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Hundreds of medical marijuana stores in Los Angeles are closing their doors as a new ordinance aimed at helping the city keep track of the businesses takes effect. Some "pot shops" that registered before a 2007 moratorium are being allowed to stay open.
HEADLINE: Pot shop owner: L.A. law a good example
CAPTION: Hundreds of medical marijuana stores in Los Angeles are closing their doors as a new ordinance aimed at helping the city keep track of the businesses takes effect. Some "pot...
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Relatives of a man who brought the Ebola virus to the U.S. from West Africa say they are worried about their loved one. They say Thomas Eric Duncan had tested negative for the virus before traveling to the U.S. (Oct. 1)
Relatives of the man infected with the Ebola virus being treated at a Dallas hospital told The Associated Press he tested negative before traveling to the U.S.
"He went through that test in Africa and it proved negative for any virus and...
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Iranian doctors alarmed by trend for self medication
++AP Television is adhering to Iranian law that stipulates all media are banned from providing BBC Persian or VOA Persian any coverage from Iran, and under this law if any media violate this ban the Iranian authorities can immediately...
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How to protect yourself against malaria whilst on holiday
AP Television
FILE: Cannes, France 21 May 2010
1. Various of Cheryl Cole on red carpet
Masaai Mara, Kenya 2009
2. Various shots of tourists in Masaai Mara observing wildlife and scenery.
3. Wide shot of giraffe's in the Masaai Mara.
4....
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Zaire - Refugee crisis
An estimated 50,000 Rwandan refugees were on Friday (29/11) moving from
the Zairean town of Sake toward the Rwandan border, 15 kilometres to the east. They were believed to be part of a group of more than 200,000 who fled their camps...
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Indian PM, Rompuy and Barroso on Greece and Iran; protest over free trade agreement
1. Wide of anti-FTA protest, demonstrators carrying giant inflated pill
2. Mid of protesters marching
3. Mid of protesters
4. Close of placard reading (English) "We don't agree with Free Trade Agreements"
5. Zoom in to protesters'...
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UK: GULF WAR SYNDROME LATEST
English/Nat
The 10th anniversary since the end of the Gulf War falls on Monday, but a number of British soldiers who served in the conflict will not be celebrating.
They are still campaigning for recognition of what has been termed Gulf...
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Revival of the production of ancient Bedouin medicines
Drought, overuse and the growing number of wild donkeys have destroyed parts of Sinai and Egypt's Bedouin territory, but a new initiative is reviving a local cottage industry in medicinal plants.
With the assistance of Bedouin knowledge...
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Hospital treats E.coli patients with unconventional methods
June 6, 2011
1. Close of plasmapherosys machine, wheel on the machine turning
2. Doctors by the machine
3. Close of plasma bags
4. Nurse preparing the machine, zoom in and out as she fits the bags onto the holder
5. Wide of Professor...