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Russia conducts large-scale program to help Africa fight epidemics - Putin

Russia conducts large-scale program to help Africa fight epidemics - Putin

Moscow, Apr 23 (UNI) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday welcomed the participants of the first Russian-African international exercises of rapid response teams for sanitary and epidemiological emergencies, noting that Russia is conducting a large-scale program to assist Africa in combating epidemics.
The exercise is taking place from April 23-25 in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa.
"Following the results of the second Russia-Africa Summit, we are implementing a large-scale program to help African friends in the fight against epidemics, including those with pandemic potential," Putin said in a telegram published by the Kremlin.

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