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More Than A Third of The World's Population Is Sick - WHO
WHO's first annual survey, controlling river blindness and tuberculosis in Siberia
WHO's first annual survey, controlling river blindness and tuberculosis in Siberia. The World Health Organisation's first annual survey on global health found that a third of the world's population is sick at any one time with many dying needlessly of treatable illnesses. Also a look at whether success in controlling onchocerciasis (river blindness) has masked its symptoms and whether democracy has opened the door to diseases such as TB.
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