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Contributor [1]
Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 02:00
Categories: 
Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
86 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Malaria is responsible for 25-40 percent of outpatient numbers, 20 percent of admission figures and 9-14 percent of deaths of patients admitted to public health facilities in Uganda. Households spend up to 10 percent of their monthly incomes on malaria treatment.

Category: 
Food & Health [4]
Oldurl: 
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/hivaids/11017 [5]
Country: 
Uganda [6]

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