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Health Day focuses on vector-borne diseases

2014-04-07 21:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Dawn: The World Health Organization (WHO) says every one minute a child dies of malaria. Like other parts of the country, the World Health Day was also observed in Lahore on Monday. This year on the World Health Day, the world is drawing attention to a group of diseases that are spread by insects and other vectors known as Vector Borne Diseases (VBDs). The WHO says that vectors are organisms that transmit pathogens and parasites from one infected person (or animal) to another, putting health at risk,...

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