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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7962

11 May 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ethiopia
Commission provides 2.5 million euro to combat meningitis in Ethiopia

Brussels, 10/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided to provide 2.5 million euro in humanitarian aid to contain the spread of meningitis in Ethiopia, which affects 93 districts. This funding, through the Humanitarian Aid Office, Echo, will enable partner NGOs (French, Belgian and Dutch sections of Medecins Sans Frontieres and the Red Cross, notably) to organise a mass vaccination campaign and provide health care for people who have already contracted the disease, now...

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