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World Health Day 2014 Focuses on Big Threats from Small Bites

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Monday marks World Health Day for 2014. The World Health Organization is highlighting the annual observance with information about the increasing threat of vector-borne diseases. More than half the world's population is at risk from diseases such as malaria, dengue, leishmaniasis, Lyme disease, schistosomiasis and yellow fever, carried by mosquitoes, flies, ticks, water snails and other vectors. Vector-borne diseases affect the poorest populations, particularly where there is a...

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