News - 16 Jul `15500,000 petitions!

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World Vitiligo Day 2015: over 500,000 petitions!

A heavy box with more than 10,000 leaflets is on it's way from campaign headquarters in Shenyang (China) to our office. Huge thanks to Prof. Xing-Hua Gao and Prof. Yan Wu and their amazing team of doctors and volunteers for helping us to accomplish this ambitious task.

Next stop, the United Nations!

Wvd China



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