Health authorities from throughout the Americas express concern and pledge support for research and mitigation efforts
Washington, DC, 4 October 2013 (PAHO/WHO) - Ministers of health from throughout the Americas said this week that chronic kidney disease of unknown causes that has claimed thousands of lives in agricultural communities in Central…
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