Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Africa - Voice of America: Upsurge in Cholera Threatens Thousands in Sahel

Africa - Voice of America
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Upsurge in Cholera Threatens Thousands in Sahel
Jul 10th 2012, 16:58

GENEVA —The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) are warning of an alarming upsurge in cholera across West Africa's Sahel region, the area at the southern fringe of the Sahara Desert running from Mauritania to Chad.  They report that cholera so far this year has killed more than 60 people and made about 2,800 others ill, with children being at particular risk. The U.N. Children's Fund says the increase in cholera across the Sahel is ...

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