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Burkina Faso: Government cracks down on illegal clinics

When public clinics overflowed, private ones- not always regulated- sprung up (file photo)The Burkina Faso government has shut down more than 20 health clinics that operated illegally in the capital Ouagadougou and is launching a nationwide campaign to eliminate any others, according to the Ministry of Health.The country has more than 400 private health centres, half of which are based in the capital.Prosper Djigmdé, the regional health director who oversees Ouagadougou medical facilities, told Read the original here: Burkina Faso: Government cracks down on illegal clinics

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First Day

… been on, ready for the longest flight I had yet to take. … emperature outside the aircraft, distance remaining until destination and the like…. Original post:  First Day

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Nothing is simple

Aug29 Kevin on August 29th, 2009 From my Google Voice dashboard:Same story with GV.  No local prefixes available, yet nearby, sleepy  little towns of ~3,000 people have local numbers available.  Sigh. Here’s an explanation:An “ILEC” is an Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier – a local telephone company that was in existence at the time of the break up of AT&T; a “CLEC” is a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier – i.e., (quoting Wikipedia):  a telecommunications provider company (sometimes called a “ See the rest here:  Nothing is simple

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