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Ed Markey: We must continue to build up health systems in the most vulnerable places so that we can prevent an even worse epidemic…

On the recordApril 6, 2016
We must continue to build up health systems in the most vulnerable places so that we can prevent an even worse epidemic from again rising up to threaten people in Africa and around the world.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey emphasizes the need for stronger health systems to prevent future epidemics.

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