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Life for a Child Programme

The Life for a Child (LFAC) programme is an International Diabetes Federation (IDF) programme which was launched in Jamaica in 2010 in collaboration with the Diabetes Association of Jamaica (an IDF member association) and the Ministry of Health....

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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