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Every $1 invested in the @MedsforMalaria Venture generated $13 in health benefits, according to a new @TheLancetGH study.

That’s 1.6 million deaths averted & 87 million DALYs saved over 23 years.

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Conflict massively increases a pregnant woman's risk of death, says @WHO, which urges: 'No woman should lose her life, giving life'.
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