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West African Cholera Epidemic Exacerbated By Flooding; More Than 1,800 Deaths Reported
The WHO "says 1,879 deaths have been reported" from Cholera in Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger, the Associated Press reports. "The wave of cholera started a few months ago" and "nearly 40,500" cases have been reported in the region so far. Nigeria alone has experienced nearly 1,200 deaths, "its worst cholera outbreak in two decades," according to the article (10/12).
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