Joanna
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>US foundation helps Vietnam control dengue
>http://www.nhandan.com.vn/english/life/010606/life_na.htm#US%20foundation%20helps%20Vietnam%20control%20dengue
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>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.
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>The four-year project is aimed at reducing the life spans of the mosquitos
>that transmit the disease to humans.
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>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.
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>Ninety-three percent of dengue-affected people live in the southern
>provinces and cities. (VNA)
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