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Cholera Breaks Out Among Pakistan Displaced - ICRC
Sept. 5, 2008
Cholera has broken out among some of up to 300,000 people in northwestern Pakistan who have fled fighting between government forces and militants, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said. The situation in the Bajaur region, a haven for al Qaeda and Taliban fighters along the Afghan border, remains "very volatile" despite a government-declared ceasefire for Ramadan, a senior ICRC official said.
The neutral humanitarian agency's top priority is providing clean water and sanitation to tens of thousands who fled Bajaur for nearby Lower Dir district since the conflict intensified four weeks ago.
"Cholera has started in certain areas. It is a major concern," Pascal Cuttat, head of ICRC's delegation in Pakistan, told a news briefing.
© 2008 Reuters
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category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Liza Nanni on 5 September 2008
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