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Cholera Surges in Cameroon

Poor hygienic practices and water scarcity, compounded by heavy rains and insecurity in the north, have aggravated another cholera outbreak in the country, killing scores of people.

  • Cameroon:   Cholera Surges in Cameroon

    UNIRIN, 6 August 2014

    Rains and insecurity caused by Nigerian Islamist militants are aggravating a cholera outbreak in northern Cameroon which has killed at least 75 people and infected some 1,400… Read more »

Reinnier Kazé/IRIN

Child receiving care for cholera in a classroom set up to treat patients in northern Cameroon (file photo).

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