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Women over the age of 75 were the worst affected, with women of this age particularly likely to have low levels of "wellbeing. "

Worst affected are the big cities of southern China, notably Shenzhen, which only a year ago was an extremely hot market.

The southern province of Sindh is now described as the worst-affected area with up to four million displaced people.

Heathrow, the world's busiest international hub, was one of the worst affected.

Within 50 years the prevalence of HIV would drop below 1%, compared with up to 30% at the moment in the worst-affected areas.

He said rescue workers were still struggling to reach some of the worst affected areas because of damage to roads.

BBC reporter has spent the last two days travelling in one of the worst affected regions, north Sikkim.

Aid agency World Vision warns that 10% of the children in the worst affected areas could die.

The islands from Barbados to Tobago were cited by the Zetas to be the worst affected during the S American roll.

The government pays many farmers to cease production and has relocated thousands of others, like Huang, out of the worst affected areas.

In some of the worst affected countries, the prevalence of underweight children under-five goes up to 45 percent.

Scientists have drawn up a league table of the countries which will be worst affected in the event of an asteroid strike.

Soldiers have been sent to the worst-affected areas to help with the rescue efforts.

One is that when crises occur, the least responsible are usually the worst affected and the least able to cope.

In 33 of the worst-affected countries the rate of new infections is down by 25% or more from its peak.

Dr Lee was in Sri Lanka on the second stage of a visit to two of the worst-affected countries in the disaster, arriving from Indonesia.

The Liberian capital was the worst affected region, because it was the scene of heavy fighting between government soldiers and rebel forces.

President Obama has been quick to respond, offering federal assistance to Alabama, the worst affected state which he'll tour tomorrow.

Aceh province was the worst affected of all the Indian Ocean areas hit by the December 26 earthquake and tsunami.

But worst affected country so far is Liberia, which ended its own civil war only in 2003.

Cumbria is one of the worst-affected areas with one village experiencing 40mm of rainfall in just 12 hours.

Indonesia remains one of the worst affected countries with 31 out of 33 provinces infected since 2004, many heavily.

German public sector banks also appear to have taken on greater risks in the markets worst affected in recent weeks.

Worst affected is the central Afghan province of Ghazni where the food orchards have withered and farmers are selling their cattle.

And again, women are worst affected, with a higher rate of incidence than men.

Among the top ten exporters, Japan's shipments were worst affected (falling by 26%).

Some of the worst affected travellers are those who had hoped to take the Channel Tunnel rail service to France and Belgium.

All the survivors of the disaster needed counseling, and the worst affected received psychotherapy.

Children's habits and responsibilities in the households of the worst affected nations are another factor, studies show.

A number of societies are coordinating their efforts to send out food to the area worst affected by the flood.

Rescuers are struggling to reach the worst-affected villages, the roads have been blocked by landslide .

Industry sources say that Spain is the worst affected, with those who can get a car having to pay twice normal rates.

Access to the worst-affected areas remains difficult, with many villages cut off after roads and bridges were washed away by flood waters.

It is no coincidence that the worst-affected areas are also the poorest in the region.

Outside, volunteers are assembled into groups for ferrying aid and manpower to Occupy Sandy relief centers in the worst-affected areas.

The victims range in age, but the young and the elderly appear to be the worst-affected.

Areas to the east and south-east of Moscow are reported to be worst affected.

The worst-affected countries include Ireland and Spain, where a collapse in construction has swollen the dole queues.

China says it will evacuate its citizens from areas worst affected by Japan's earthquake and subsequent damage to nuclear reactors.

Of the 49 hospitals and clinics that served the areas worst-affected by the earthquake, 30 still need to be rebuilt.

The commission had introduced a screening programme in the eight worst-affected provinces, Mr Jiang said.

President Zardari is expected to spend the day with survivors in the worst affected regions.

Worst affected are the urban poor and food-deficit farmers who are dependent on the market to access food.

It says that the virus is wreaking social and economic havoc on the worst affected nations.

UNICEF has conducted a rapid assessment of the situation in three of the worst affected districts.

Rice, the biggest crop sown during the monsoon, has been worst affected, along with sugar cane and oilseeds.

Those worst affected could be companies that are not public yet.

The continent of Africa contributes least to climate change, yet it's the worst affected.

WHO officials say they are working to set up treatment centers in the worst affected areas.

Africa is the worst affected by the health workforce crisis.

Anglo-American markets will be worst affected by the credit squeeze.

In the worst-affected areas, nearly all the livestock were lost.

The south of the country was worst affected by the drought.

Asia, the worst-affected continent, was home to nine of the world's top 10 countries for disaster-related deaths.

The south of the country was worst affected by the flood.

They highlight how manufacturers continue to bear the brunt of the slowdown, with exporters such as Germany and Japan the worst affected.

Sony has two battery factories in Fukushima province, near the worst affected areas, and they are both closed.

and in the worst-affected areas, sex ratios are becoming less distorted.

In the worst affected areas of Xinjiang, local farmers are reporting infestation levels of 4, 000 locusts per square metre.

That tells us who is worst affected: the poor, who are largely unprepared, and unable to cope with climatic change.

He went to Yongji County, one of the worst affected areas, to pledge the government's full support.

In the longer term, labor force growth in the worst-affected countries could slow by 1-2 percentage points.

The worst affected are those who had high-wage, low-skill jobs.

She says in the three worst affected prefectures - Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate - 378 children died, and 191 went missing.

Mexico remains the worst affected country, with 1, 112 laboratory-confirmed human cases of H1N1 virus influenza, including 42 deaths.

WHO is helping to set up a disease surveillance system in the worst affected areas.

Somalia is the country worst affected, with about 4, 000 of its displaced people becoming refugees in Kenya and Ethiopia every day.

The worst-affected property markets in the region have been financial centres such as Singapore and Hong Kong.

Even in securitisation, the market at the heart of, and worst-affected by, the crisis, there are signs of life;

During the violence that marred the 2007 elections here, citizen journalists were crucial in helping to pinpoint the worst affected areas,

Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president, suggested subsidising the worst affected and curbing taxes on petrol;