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FACTOS SOBRE A FEBRE HEMORRÁGICA (VÍRUS DE MARBURG)
Os factores de risco para se contrair a febre hemorrágica actualmente são: Ter viajado para a província do Uíge nas últimas três semanas. Ser funcionário da saúde que cuidou de um paciente com a febre hemorrágica. Viver com e ou ter cuidado um membro familiar com a doença. Se não tiver qualquer desses factores de risco, as possibilidades para se contrair o vírus de Marburg são pequenas; na realidade, infinitamente menos do que o risco de cair doente com malária. ... [Read More]
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Child labor was restricted under the law; however, child labor remained a problem. The legal minimum age for employment is 14 years. Children between the ages of 14 and 18 may not work at night, in dangerous conditions, or in occupations requiring great physical effort. The Government prohibits children younger than 16-years-old from factory work. These provisions rarely were enforced, and UNICEF believes that a high percentage of children between 5- and 14-years-old worked. Children worked on family farms, as domestic servants, and in the informal sector as street vendors. Family based child labor in subsistence agriculture was common. Children under 12 years of age worked for no reimbursement for their families and in apprenticeships. Poverty and social upheavals have brought large numbers of orphaned and abandoned children into unregulated urban employment in the informal sector. ... [Read More]
V. Country Narratives -- Countries A through G
Burundi is a source country for children trafficked for the purpose of forced child soldiering. The country is emerging from a 12-year civil war in which government and rebel forces used approximately 3,200 children in a variety of capacities, including as cooks, porters, spies, sex slaves, and combatants. There are reports that the government army and two former rebel groups — the CNDDFDD (Nkurunziza) and the CNDD (Nyangoma) — still have a small number of children in their ranks. While there were unconfirmed reports that these two rebel groups recruited boys in 2004, there were no reports that the army recruited child soldiers. The one rebel faction that remains outside the peace process, the PALOPEHUTU-FNL, continued to recruit and use child soldiers. The Government of Burundi does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, ... [Read More]
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September 10, 2004 - US Embassy Statement on Three Years After September 11March 10, 2004 - US State Department Report on Human Rights in AngolaFebruary 3 2004 - Embassy press release on Agribusiness Development in Cabinda is promoted through a Public Private Alliance with Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited (CABGOC) (representing Block 0 Association), ACDI/VOCA and USAIDFebruary 2 2004 - White House Fact Sheet on The President Bush's Fiscal Year 2005 Budget for the Emergency Plan for AIDS ReliefOctober 20, 2003 - Embassy press release on U.S. Support for Angolan NGOsOctober 17, 2003 - Embassy press release on U.S. Sponsorship of Training for an Angolan Delegation at the International Law Enforcement AcademyOctober 7, 2003 - Embassy Statement Regarding JA Article on Investing in AngolaSeptember 30, 2003 - Embassy press release on The U.S. Places New $20 Note in Circulation with Subtle Background ColorsSeptember 2 ... [Read More]
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LATEST FACT SHEET ON THE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER (MARBURG VIRUS)
If you have none of these 3 risk factors, your chances of contracting the Marburg virus are incredibly small; in fact, infinitely less than your risk of coming down with malaria. ... LATEST FACT SHEET ON THE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER (MARBURG VIRUS) ... The risk factors for contracting hemorrhagic fever at the current time are: Travel to the Uige Province in the past 3 weeks.Being a healthcare worker who has looked after a hemorrhagic fever patient.Living with and/or caring for a family member with the disease. ... [Read More]
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