Three Congo Basin countries benefited from an antibiotic donation to combat yaws in April. Brazilian pharmaceutical firm EMS donated 6 million tablets of azithromycin to Cameroon, Central African Republic, and the Republic of Congo. Approximately 1.4 million people at risk of yaws in the three countries will receive the drugs in an initial MDA round, with further rounds aiming to reach 7.4 million in total. WHO AFRO
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