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EXHIBIT (j)(5)
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the use in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 75 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A of our report dated October 27, 2000, except
as to the stock split which is as of November 10, 2000, relating to the
financial statements and financial highlights of the Eaton Vance Worldwide
Health Sciences Fund (the "Fund") and to the incoroporation by reference of our
report dated October 27, 2000, relating to the financial statements and
supplementary data of the Worldwide Health Sciences Portfolio, which appears in
the August 31, 2000 Annual Report to Shareholders of the Fund, which are also
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. We also consent to
the references to us under the headings "Financial Highlights" and "Other
Service Providers" in such Registration Statement.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
December 21, 2000
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