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    Gates Foundation Bolsters Reproductive Health in Africa, Asia

    By Ma. Rizza Leonzon // 31 March 2009

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    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, African Population and Health Research Center in Kenya, and Population Reference Bureau in Washington, D.C., will administer a USD22 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve reproductive health in Africa and Asia. The six-year funding, according to

    , will be used to enhance reproductive health in urban communities in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

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