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UNICEF sounds alarm on child cholera cases in DR Congo
GOMA: UNICEF on Friday sounded the alarm on child cholera in DR Congo's troubled North-Kivu province, estimating more than 8,000 under-fives had been infected this year.The eastern province has been ravaged by conflict for almost three decades, resulting in widespread population displacement.UNICEF put at 31,342 nationwide cases contracted to date in 2023 with many children among the sufferers and North-Kivu the worst-hit province accounting for some 21,400 cases alone, the organisation said, quoting a health ministry tally.“The size of the cholera outbreak and the devastation it threatens should ring alarm bells,“ said Shameza Abdulla, UNICEF DRC senior emergency coordinator, based in Goma.

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