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CDC Foundation receives $1 million grant for health care in Afghanistan

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, August 19th, 2003

A foundation that raises money for improvements at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received $1 million for health care improvements in Afghanistan.

The grant for the Atlanta-based CDC Foundation is from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, according to the CDC Foundation.

CDC scientists will be able to use the money to create community-based maternal and perinatal health care surveillance systems to help doctors improve maternity and newborn care. The money will also provide water purification for clinics and families.

Afghan women suffer the highest levels of maternal mortality in the world....

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Source: TB and Outbreaks Week (2003-08-19)

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