21 January 2012 Updated at 04:16 ET
UK boosts tropical disease fight
River blindness is a tropical disease caused by parasitic worms and carried by black flies
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Foreign aid for efforts to eradicate parasitic diseases which kill and disfigure millions worldwide is to rise fivefold, say ministers.
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