World Malaria Day 2010
Posted on 04/26/10
Sunday, April 25 is World Malaria Day. Several of our sites are in malaria-endemic regions of the world, and our clinicians frequently treat patients suffering from this disease. The photo gallery below shows some of these sites and our work to prevent the disease using bednets--a low-cost and effective way of sheltering families from the mosquitoes that carry the disease.
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