1.   In October, Mtshali approached his provincial health minister and asked him to expand the nevirapine program, which is available only in two large sites here.

2.   Others were flown by helicopter to hospital either by the Canadian Coast Guard or provincial emergency health services.

3.   Phone lines are erratic, and the provincial health authority owns just one vehicle.

4.   Provincial health authorities threatened that dismissals could begin early next week if the strike continues.

5.   Provincial health ministers meeting in British Columbia this week agreed that a switch to salaries from fee-for-service would rein in costs.

6.   Provincial health ministers will set up a timetable next month for clarification of the Canada Health Act.

7.   Provincial health officials led by Manitoba and Ontario will conduct the study.

8.   Provincial health officials said Thursday they had taken blood samples from a woman in Mekambo after she began showing symptoms of the disease.

9.   According to Dr. Thongchai Termprasit, a provincial health officer, the site of the athletes village was once a garbage dump and squatter area.

10.   Amos Masondo, the provincial health minister, met with nurses Monday night and hospital administrators Tuesday.