Saturday 21 January 2012

UK boosts tropical disease fight

21 January 2012
Last updated at 09:16











River blindness is a tropical disease caused by parasitic worms and carried by black flies


Foreign aid for efforts to eradicate parasitic diseases which kill and disfigure millions worldwide is to rise fivefold, say ministers.
A total of £245m will be spent fighting diseases such as river blindness and bilharzia.
Such donations, coupled

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