Lao health ministry and international agency announce partnership to eliminate malaria


VIENTIANE, March 8 (Xinhua): The Department of Communicable Disease Control under the Lao Ministry of Health, working in partnership with Health and Population Services International, has received new funding to assist pharmacies and clinics to eliminate malaria in Laos.

In Lao capital Vientiane, this work is being led by the Greater Mekong Subregion Elimination of Malaria through Surveillance project, with financial support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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