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WHO reports steady progress

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    Outstanding WHO activities in 1998-1999 included fighting malaria, HIV, leprosy and polio, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported this week.

    Leprosy was eliminated in five more African countries in 1998-1999, bringing the total to 31, WHO Regional Director Dr. Ebrahim Samba said in his biennial report, released during the 50th meeting of the World Health Organisation (WHO) regional committee, which opened in Ouagadougou on Monday.
    And an initiative to roll back malaria was introduced in some 30 countries.

    The 1998-1999 period was marked by a capacity to mobilise extra-budgetary resources for the implementation of WHO programmes, Samba’s report said.

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