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Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Over 80 Countries Mark World Handwashing Day
VOA News reports that more than 80 countries marked Global Handwashing Day Thursday. The news service writes that "[d]iarrhea is the third cause of death in West and Central Africa, which is responsible for 30 percent of the world's deaths of children under the age of five."
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