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Rural Farmers Turn Malaria Medics in Sierra Leone
Link ID 5265
Title Rural Farmers Turn Malaria Medics in Sierra Leone
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/573522?src=rss
Description A year ago Adama Jongo, a rice and cassava farmer in Sierra Leone, almost died from malaria while pregnant. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Infectious Diseases
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Date Apr 29, 2008
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