Yaws fight in DRC, CAR and Cameroon gets boost with donation of 6 million antibiotic tablets

Cameroon, the Central African Republic (CAR) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are set to receive a donation of about six million azithromycin antibiotic tablets to fight yaws. Yaws, a chronic skin infection, which is characterised by papillomas (non-cancerous lumps) and ulcers, still affects children in nine African countries.
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