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Health project launched

National health authorities have teamed up with their international counterparts to launch a project aimed at helping China mitigate the health effects of climate change. The global project, launched to coincide with World Health Day yes ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Tue, Apr 08 2008

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