UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
21 July 2008
With malaria, diarrhea and vomiting, pneumonia, bronchitis and other respiratory infections, worm infestations, scabies, abscesses, sores, and boils all common ailments in the Kroo Bay community of the Sierra Leone capital Freetown local medical official Amadou Kandor says it's little wonder 35 is an average life expectancy for the slum's 6,000 inhabitants.
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