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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria during the weekend after a year-long delay.

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The World Health Organization says it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria this weekend after resolving testing hold-ups that led to a year-long delay in thousands of patients, including children, ...