Cambodia praised for wiping out elephantiasis.

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Cambodia praised for wiping out elephantiasis.

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Cambodia praised for wiping out elephantiasis
Wed, 12 October 2016
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The World Health Organization, at a conference in Manila on Monday, presented Cambodia with an award for being among the four latest countries to have eliminated lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis or “big foot disease”.

“By eliminating this disabling scourge and ensuring that there will be no more new cases in the next generation, these countries have also banished a significant cause of poverty,” Dr Shin Young-soo, WHO regional director for the Western Pacific region, said in the statement...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/c ... phantiasis

Is this elephantiasis ?
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Haha, Benjamin Holst is a trip! Gotta go update his topic on CEO right now, after checking his Facebook page...
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Anchor Moy wrote: Is this elephantiasis ?
I don't think so, as that usually affects both limbs. It's some sort of condition that also affects the lymphatic system though.
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John Bingham wrote:... that usually affects both limbs...
Or your balls.



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That's like that South Park episode!


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Bring back the elephants.
Cambodia,,,, Don't fall in love with her.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
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