World Health Organization warns devastation in southern Africa wrought by the deadly Cyclone Freddy is raising 'major health risks,' including the spread of cholera
Devastation in southern Africa wrought by Cyclone Freddy is raising "major health risks," including the spread of cholera, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
“The cyclone has left an appalling humanitarian situation in its wake … increased and concerted humanitarian assistance is needed” to support affected people recover and cope with the disaster, WHO regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti said in an online briefing. Malawi and Mozambique were already among the countries most affected by a cholera outbreak that has resulted in more than 68,000 cases across 12 countries in southern and eastern Africa this year alone, according to humanitarian agencies.
In Mozambique, cholera cases have risen almost four-fold to about 11, 000 since February, UNICEF said.
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