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World Service,01 Mar 2006,22 mins

Bird Flu In Nigeria

Health Matters

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Bird flu in Africa,tragedy to triumph, swing like a child, low-fat diets and breast cancer. A report into the first cases of bird flu in Africa. In Nigeria there have been desperate efforts to contain it and farmers are afraid for their future livelihood. Also how Kenyan lawyer who was shot in the back in a robbery and is now paralysed has turned his tragedy around and a look at low fat diets - can they help prevent breast cancer?

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