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    EU Helps Fight Disease Outbreaks in Poor Nations

    By Ma. Rizza Leonzon // 01 October 2010
    A Medecins Sans Frontieres volunteer treats a Zimbabwean child for cholera. The European Commission is providing 10 million euros (USD13 million) to prevent and respond to outbreaks of diseases with an epidemic potential such as cholera. Photo by: MSF

    The European Commission has allocated 10 million euros (USD13 million) to help contain epidemics in the developing world.

    Some 3.6 million people living in areas at high risk of epidemics will benefit from the funding. The initiative will focus on prevention and response to diseases with an epidemic potential such as meningitis, measles, cholera, yellow fever and dengue.

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