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Public health experts have warned that treatable, neglected diseases nearly eradicated in Africa are resurging.

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Dr. Céline Gounder, an internist, epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist, is a CBS News medical contributor as well as senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health at KFF Health News.