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PRO/AH/EDR> Rift Valley fever – Niger (05): (TH)
Rift Valley Fever -- NigerAt least 32 people have died since late August [2016] in an epidemic of Rift Valley fever in the western Niger region of Tahoua, the country's health ministry said [Thu 17 Nov 2016].A ministry statement read on national radio said 230 people had been infected with the fever-causing viral disease that mainly affects animals but also humans, "unfortunately including 32 deaths."The mortality rate had fallen from 50 percent 3 months ago to 14 percent due to a government information Read more [...]
