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PRO/AH/EDR> Leishmaniasis, visceral – South Sudan: nation wide
Leishmaniasis -- South SudanAt least 720 people have died in South Sudan from a protracted outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis [kala-azar], a parasitic disease, and the number of deaths could be much higher, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported today [Sat 28 Oct 2017].WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic told reporters in Geneva that more than 18 000 cases of the disease have been recorded in South Sudan since the outbreak emerged in September 2009, with children mostly affected.The Read more [...]
