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    Internationally, it’s a program with the United Nations, the NBA and Sports Illustrated magazine, and the goal is to eradicate malaria from the African continent by 2020 ... The United Methodist Church is a partner in it as well, and because that’s my background, that’s how we got involved. Full Article at Lawrence Journal World
    Internationally, it’s a program with the United Nations, the NBA and Sports Illustrated magazine, and the goal is to eradicate malaria from the African continent by 2020 ... The United Methodist Church is a partner in it as well, and because that’s my background, that’s how we got involved.
    SOURCE: Lawrence Journal World 3 weeks ago

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