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Uganda safe as leprosy confirmed in West African chimps

“We have good health systems that eradicated leprosy,” he said, adding that Uganda’s primate population is not at any risk of catching the disease.

Sam Mwandha, the executive director of Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA).
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

The saying that forewarned is forearmed is ringing a bell in the ears of African wildlife conservationists. 

This follows detection of leprosy among two groups of unconnected populations of

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