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US and Portugal help fund fight against malaria

The United States and Portugal are helping Sao Tome and Principe fight malaria, which accounts for 40 percent of deaths in the Central African archipelago, the US-based ‘Baltimore Sun’ quoted the US Embassy in Portugal as saying. The three countries are to devise a three-pronged strategy to prevent, treat and curb the spread of the disease, the paper said. The project, initiated last year, has so far received US $85,000 from the Pentagon.


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