Last updated: 15:28 - June 1, 2006
US foundation helps Vietnam control dengue http://www.nhandan.com.vn/english/life/010606/life_na.htm#US%20foundation%20helps%20Vietnam%20control%20dengue
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation of the US will donate US $400,000 to Vietnam to study new biological measures to control dengue, according to the Ministry of Health.
The four-year project is aimed at reducing the life spans of the mosquitos that transmit the disease to humans.
Vietnam has reported 9,431 cases of dengue in the first four month of 2006, 34.5 percent more than the same period last year, and six people died of the disease, twice as many as last year's figure, the ministry said.
Ninety-three percent of dengue-affected people live in the southern provinces and cities. (VNA)
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