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Monday, September 18, 2006 - 03:00
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Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
270 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Health officials in Tanzania's semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar predict a drastic drop in the number of malaria cases on the island after a successful mosquito control campaign. The manager of Zanzibar's Malaria Control Programme (ZMCP), Abdallah Suleiman, said on Friday the island had met the 90-percent coverage of the area targeted for residual spraying in the 54-day programme.

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Advocacy & Campaigns [4]
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Country: 
Tanzania [6]

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