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<p class="card-text line-clamp-3">WHO, together with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), congratulates Chile for becoming the first country in the Americas – and the second globally – to be officially verified as having eliminated leprosy disease.</p>
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<p dir="auto">As each region eliminates a disease, it gets easier for the remaining regions to deal with it</p>
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