Cambridge Biostability, with support from Britain's Department for International Development and the Programme for Appropriate Technology in Health, an American not-for-profit group, is working on a sugar-glass version of a combined shot against five nasty childhood diseases, including diphtheria and meningitis.

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It has asked town clerk Robert Robinson to establish a working group, which will include dog walkers and a vet, to work out a programme of education for owners.

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In South Sudan, UNESCO is working directly with the government and civil society, including setting up mechanisms to ensure better coordination, as well as working directly with the DDR Commission on implementing an integrated literacy programme for ex-combatants, the largest single group of illiterates.

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