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World Service,26 May 2003,22 mins

Water And Disease - River Blindness

Health Matters

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A report on the disease onchocerciasis or River Blindness and other water-borne diseases. The programme examines the link between water and disease such as onchocerciasis, spread by mosquitos and one of the leading causes of preventable blindness in Africa.

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