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1 Girl Under 15 Married Every Seven Seconds, Says Save The Children
One girl under 15 is married every seven seconds, according to a report by Save the Children released on Tuesday, with girls as young as 10 married off - often to much older men - in countries including Afghanistan, Yemen, India and Somalia.
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Liberia Says Latest Ebola Fatality Travelled To Guinea
A woman who died of Ebola this week in Liberia, months after it was declared Ebola-free, had travelled to Guinea with her three children, one of whom is also sick, the health ministry said Sunday.
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Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone Goes Back to School
Sierra Leone's 1.8 million children prepared today to return to school, eight months after classes were shut to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
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Schools Reopen as Liberia Turns Page on Ebola Epidemic
Children began returning to school in Liberia on Monday after lessons were delayed for months by the deadly Ebola outbreak, as the country began to turn the page on the crisis.
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1.3 Million Children Back to School in Ebola-Hit Guinea: UNICEF
More than 1.3 million children have returned to school in Guinea since the restart of lessons that were delayed for months by the Ebola crisis, the United Nations children's fund said today.
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Nearly 3,600 Children Orphaned by Ebola Outbreak in West Africa: UNICEF
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has orphaned nearly 3,600 children in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, the United Nations Children's Fund said today.
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Sierra Leone Gives Malaria Pills to Millions as Part of Ebola Fight
Sierra Leone began a campaign on Friday to protect almost half the population from malaria, reducing the burden on health services of people visiting clinics wrongly fearing they have Ebola.
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Africans in New York Complain of Ebola Stigma
Members of the west African community in New York complained Wednesday that their children were being bullied at school and businesses were losing money because of hysteria over Ebola.
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Ebola Upsets, Puzzles Children in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea
Children in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea are deeply distressed and puzzled by the Ebola outbreak that has produced 3,700 orphans, closed schools for millions and seen sports discouraged to avoid contact, a U.N. official said on Friday.
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Liberia Children Orphaned, Ostracized by Ebola
First 16-year-old Promise Cooper's mother complained of a hurting head and raging fever, and she died days later on the way to the hospital. The following month, her father developed the same headache and fever, and her baby brother grew listless.
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Ebola-hit Sierra Leone Launches School by Radio
Sierra Leone on Tuesday launched an ambitious schooling effort for more than a million children denied their education due to the Ebola epidemic, saying lessons would be delivered via radio.
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Children of Ebola Dead Shunned by Families: UNICEF
Thousands of children who have lost parents to the west African Ebola epidemic risk are being shunned by frightened and suspicious relatives, the UN children's fund said on Tuesday.
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1 Girl Under 15 Married Every Seven Seconds, Says Save The Children
One girl under 15 is married every seven seconds, according to a report by Save the Children released on Tuesday, with girls as young as 10 married off - often to much older men - in countries including Afghanistan, Yemen, India and Somalia.
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Liberia Says Latest Ebola Fatality Travelled To Guinea
A woman who died of Ebola this week in Liberia, months after it was declared Ebola-free, had travelled to Guinea with her three children, one of whom is also sick, the health ministry said Sunday.
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Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone Goes Back to School
Sierra Leone's 1.8 million children prepared today to return to school, eight months after classes were shut to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
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Schools Reopen as Liberia Turns Page on Ebola Epidemic
Children began returning to school in Liberia on Monday after lessons were delayed for months by the deadly Ebola outbreak, as the country began to turn the page on the crisis.
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1.3 Million Children Back to School in Ebola-Hit Guinea: UNICEF
More than 1.3 million children have returned to school in Guinea since the restart of lessons that were delayed for months by the Ebola crisis, the United Nations children's fund said today.
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Nearly 3,600 Children Orphaned by Ebola Outbreak in West Africa: UNICEF
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has orphaned nearly 3,600 children in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, the United Nations Children's Fund said today.
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Sierra Leone Gives Malaria Pills to Millions as Part of Ebola Fight
Sierra Leone began a campaign on Friday to protect almost half the population from malaria, reducing the burden on health services of people visiting clinics wrongly fearing they have Ebola.
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Africans in New York Complain of Ebola Stigma
Members of the west African community in New York complained Wednesday that their children were being bullied at school and businesses were losing money because of hysteria over Ebola.
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Ebola Upsets, Puzzles Children in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea
Children in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea are deeply distressed and puzzled by the Ebola outbreak that has produced 3,700 orphans, closed schools for millions and seen sports discouraged to avoid contact, a U.N. official said on Friday.
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Liberia Children Orphaned, Ostracized by Ebola
First 16-year-old Promise Cooper's mother complained of a hurting head and raging fever, and she died days later on the way to the hospital. The following month, her father developed the same headache and fever, and her baby brother grew listless.
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Ebola-hit Sierra Leone Launches School by Radio
Sierra Leone on Tuesday launched an ambitious schooling effort for more than a million children denied their education due to the Ebola epidemic, saying lessons would be delivered via radio.
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Children of Ebola Dead Shunned by Families: UNICEF
Thousands of children who have lost parents to the west African Ebola epidemic risk are being shunned by frightened and suspicious relatives, the UN children's fund said on Tuesday.
