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Britain To Pledge $31M Over Four Years To Carter Center Campaign To Eradicate Guinea Worm
"At a press briefing in London on Wednesday, British officials are expected to pledge 20 million pounds ($31 million) over four years to" a campaign led by the Carter Center, the WHO, and the CDC to eradicate guinea worm, a parasitic disease that now exists only in four African countries, by 2015, the Associated Press/Seattle Times reports. Former President Jimmy Carter and British officials are urging other donors to come forward with additional funding, the news service writes (10/4). The WHO "reports it is very close to eradicating guinea worm" and that "it needs $350 million to finish the job," VOA News notes (Schlein, 10/4).
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