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The microbiological properties of marketed milk and milk products in different parts of Ethiopia are generally below standards. This is mainly due to unhygienic conditions at one or more of the stages in the dairy value chain from farm to table, which in turn might be attributed to inadequate dairy infrastructure coupled with limited knowledge on the hygienic production and handling of milk and milk products. Based on experiences from a number of countries, it is likely that problems with effective translation of knowledge to practice, rather than incomplete knowledge per se, are the more important constraints to

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**Section 7** 

**Epidemiology of Lymphoid Malignancy** 

