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Meningitis devours 1,670 Africans just in two months: UN
Mar 17 2007, Anupam Agnihotri

Just two months and nearly 16,000 cases of meningitis, including 1,670 deaths, in Africa. This dreary revelation by the World Health Organization (WHO) has come questioning the health situation in these countries.

However, WHO with the help of other..

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