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DRC: Healthcare Crisis as Cholera, Malnutrition Rise
Nov. 21, 2008
Many of the displaced in the eastern province of North Kivu urgently need healthcare amid an increase in the number of cholera, gunshot injury and malnutrition cases being reported, according to aid agencies.
Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) has treated 7,000 cases of cholera since January in the province. "There is a lack of access to latrines and clean drinking water," Romain Gitenet, field coordinator for MSF's project in Rutshuru territory, said on Nov. 20.
Constant population movement and crowded conditions in displacement camps have also contributed towards the spread of the disease.
© 2008 Reuters Alertnet
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category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Liza Nanni on 21 November 2008
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