World Water Day 2017: Theme, key facts and things you can do to save this precious resource
World Water Day is held on 22 March to raise awareness of the importance of freshwater.
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More than 650 million people, or 10% of the world's population, do not have access to safe water, putting them at risk of infectious diseases and premature death.
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Almost two million people now infected by malaria as epidemic spreads in Burundi
700 people have died from malaria so far this year as growing food insecurity linked to spread.
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One in four young men in GP waiting rooms have gambling problems
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Commercial surrogacy breeds exploitation, abuse and misery
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I'm a gay porn star and I'd like to teach you about safe sex
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First free transgender clinic opens in Texas
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Short white men are more likely to go bald young
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World's 'heaviest woman' loses over 100kg after undergoing weight-loss surgery in India
Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty was weighing 500kg and had not left her house in Egypt for 25 years.
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