Associated Press: Pakistan launches new anti-polio drive in Punjab province (1/16).

CNN: 75% of India’s air pollution-related deaths are rural, study finds (Wu, 1/15).

The Guardian: Doctors in Uganda warn ‘crisis level’ blood shortage is putting lives at risk (Okiror, 1/16).

New York Times: She Ran From the Cut, and Helped Thousands of Other Girls Escape, Too (Moore, 1/13).

Reuters: Zambia relaxes restrictions as cholera outbreak slows (Mfula, 1/14).

Reuters: U.N. hopes imports will help stave off famine in Yemen as diphtheria spreads (Nebehay, 1/16).
VOA News: Life-Saving Diphtheria Vaccination Campaign Remains Stalled in Yemen (Schlein, 1/14).

Thomson Reuters Foundation: Vaccination ramps up in diphtheria-hit Rohingya refugee camps (Ferrie, 1/15).
U.N. News Centre: Bangladesh: U.N. agencies working to vaccinate half a million children against diphtheria (1/14).

U.N. News Centre: South Africa responding to largest-ever Listeria outbreak — U.N. health agency (1/12).

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