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May 2008
- Disease, Hunger Now Threaten Cyclone Survivors
  
  newser | Reuters | May 7, 08 3:45 AM CDT
  
  The Burmese lucky enough to survive a catastrophic cyclone now face the threat of death by disease and hunger. Dirty water and rotting corpses pose a grave danger of cholera and diarrhea, and the devastated infrastructure is making it nearly impossible to deliver food to people who were hungry even before the cyclone hit, Reuters reports. Aid agencies are scrambling to get help to survivors—and to persuade the military junta to grant them increased access. More »
  
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  Burma • Myanmar • Cyclone Nargis • cyclone • UNICEF • Cholera
December 2007
- Cholera Outbreak Grips Baghdad
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Dec 2, 07 7:40 PM CST
  
  Cholera cases have spiked in Baghdad since mid-November and will likely soar when rainy season comes, the Guardian reports. Officials fear that the downpours will spread dirty water from war-ravaged sewers and infect more Iraqis, particularly children; about 4,500 cases have already been tallied this year. “We have a catastrophe in Baghdad,” one Iraqi official said. More »
  
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  Iraq • Baghdad • outbreak • epidemic • Cholera

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