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Seventy-first World Health Assembly 
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Health Ministers and representatives from many organizations working to improve health are gathered in Geneva this week for the World Health Assembly. 

Today, delegates agreed on WHO’s new strategic plan of work for the next five years. Other issues for discussion include influenza, cholera, tuberculosis, snakebite, physical activity, polio and access to essential medicines.
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