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World Service,19 Apr 2004,22 mins

Polio Returns To Botswana

Health Matters

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Polio returns to Botswana, palm oil to treat blindness and fasting if you are diabetic. The first case of polio for 13 years has been reported in Botswana. A mass vaccination is planned among all children under five in the region. Also how palm oil consumption, and the Vitamin A it contains, is being used to treat blindness and new advice for diabetes wanting to fast for religious regions.

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