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![[Angola] 33-year-old Maria Joao, one of the three sleeping sickness patients in the ward. Although she looks thin and unwell, doctors say she is well on the way to recovery. [January 2006]](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/responsive_large_2x/public/images/200613020.jpg.webp?itok=bR_WJ45f "Maria Joao, 33, one of the three sleeping sickness patients in the Caxito ward. Although she looks thin and unwell, doctors say she is well on the way to recovery")
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