Ebola outbreak strikes Uganda. Swiss Rotary International contributes to fight polio. Health officials protest annulment of EU ban on tobacco ads. Cease-fire in Afghanistan will allow for polio immunizations. UN agency warns of spread of animal diseases.
Child malnutrition persists throughout southern Iraq.
UN food agency warns of food shortages in Yugoslavia. Class action suit filed against US and Philippines over toxic military base. Population of AIDS orphans rising in Nigeria. Study finds that one in five school children smoke in developing countries. Medicine and technology merge in Uganda.