SCHISTOSOMIASIS – TANZANIA: (KILIMANJARO) Kilimanjaro region is badly hit by worms and bilharzia diseases that affect many of its residents, with 57 014 people who visited health facilities last year [2014] found to have contracted either of them. Kilimanjaro Regional Commissioner (RC), Mr Leonidas Gama, said that it was pertinent now for leaders from all
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Read more →Traveling with Minors Unabridged Birth Certificate For Minors – All You Need To Know From 1 June 2015, the Department of Home Affairs in South Africa will require all passengers under 18 to travel with an Unabridged Birth Certificate. What is it? A new immigration law is coming into effect on 1 June 2015. Under the
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