Noguchi award winner continuing fight against disease in Africa

Noguchi award winner continuing fight against disease in Africa

TOKYO, Japan - Miriam Were, a Kenyan medical worker and recipient of the inaugural Hideyo Noguchi Africa Award, discusses her work in an interview with Kyodo News in Nairobi on May 10.

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