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Gregory Meeks: These diseases keep children from attending school and their parents from working.

On the recordJune 25, 2019
These diseases keep children from attending school and their parents from working.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York

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Meeks highlights the socioeconomic impact of neglected tropical diseases.

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