Jordan becomes first country to receive WHO verification for eliminating leprosy

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Source: CDC/ Dr. Charles C. Shepard

The World Health Organization (WHO) has congratulated the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for becoming the first country in the world to be officially verified as having eliminated leprosy. 

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