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| Puntland |
 | | Plagued by major health problems from acute respiratory infections, diarrhoea, measles and tuberculosis, Puntland's population of over a million people is spread out over a geographical area bigger than England, encompassing the north-east Somali regions of Mudug, Nugal, Bari, Sool and the eastern part of Sanaag. |
 | | According to the director general of health in the regional administration in Garowe, there are 63 qualified doctors registered in Puntland, five functioning hospitals, three health centres, 25 MCH clinics, and 62 health posts (many of them not functioning). |
 | | The purpose of it was to identify a system to share the cost of maintaining the clinics between those in the community who could afford to pay, the emerging directorate of health in Puntland state's Ministry of Social Affairs, and the international donors who have kept the programme going since 1993. |
| www.redcross.int /EN/mag/magazine2001_2/puntland.html (1427 words) |
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