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	Posted: September 16, 2009    Community Drug Distributors Target River Blindness A group of community drug distributors in the Tanzanian village of Tangeni are helping to reduce the impact of onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness. The World Health Organization and other partners have set up these systems across Africa's rural regions. Flash version requires Flash Player 1 of 14 Tangeni Located in the foothills of the Uluguru Mountains in southern Tanzania, Tangeni is a remote village where most inhabitants are subsistence farmers. Photo Credit: Talea Miller PHOTO GALLERIES Holocaust Remembrances and Memorials Rediscovering Charles Darwin New Life Out of Haiti's Litter After Uproar, Obama Revises Contraception Rule Love Story Sheds Light on How Society Treats People With Disabilities Can White House, Religious Leaders, GOP Reach Consensus on Birth Control?	Main: Global Health   Destructive Diseases From the Field        Indonesia -- July 2011        Guatemala -- March 2011        Haiti -- Jan. 2011        Cuba -- Dec. 2010        Mozambique -- Nov. 2010        Pakistan -- August 2010        Haiti-- July 2010        China -- May 2010        Peru-- March 2010        Haiti -- Jan. 2010        Cop15 -- Dec. 2009        Mexico --Nov. 2009        Netherlands -- Oct. 2009        Tanzania -- Sept. 2009        India -- Sept. 2009        Cambodia -- Aug. 2009        Russia -- July 2009        Geneva -- June 2009        Mexico -- May 2009        Nigeria -- April 2009        South Africa -- Feb. 2009   Archive   For Teachers FEATURED COVERAGE Drug-resistant Malaria in Cambodia

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