January 28, 2004
Quake-ravaged City Loses Critical Health Centers
After nearly a month of rescue efforts and emergency assistance, the Iranian city of Bam faces a deadly catch-22: a devastating December 26 earthquake created a desperate need for medical facilities – and destroyed 90 percent of the health buildings in the city. Read more...
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    		• World Vision School for Deaf Damaged by Israeli Tanks
    The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) damaged or destroyed more than 30 buildings in the Gaza city of Rafah January 21, including a portion of World Vision’s Rehabilitation Center for the Deaf and Disabled. During the morning hours, Israeli tanks and bulldozers, covered by soldiers in three army towers, tore down the southern wall of one of the center’s buildings, and destroyed 30 nearby homes. Read more...
    		Mumbai Police Face Mandatory HIV Testing
    Some 38,000 police officers in the city of Mumbai, capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra, are now required to undergo an HIV test every six months due to rising HIV-infection rates among the officers. According to a report in the Indian newspaper The Times of India, as many as 450 Mumbai police personnel have tested HIV positive since 1991, 18 of whom have died. Read more...
    		Food Crisis in Southern Countries Worsens
    Millions in southern Africa are in greater danger of starvation than the international community had previously believed, according to World Vision relief experts in the region. Read more...
    		Africans Visit U.S. to Raise Awareness about International AIDS Epidemic
    A year after President Bush announced his Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief during the State of the Union address, the pandemic continues to infect and affect tens of millions of people worldwide. Read more...
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