Hundreds affected by diarrhoea in north

by IRIN | on Sep26 2008

Authorities in Burao in the self-declared republic of Somaliland are struggling to contain an outbreak of watery diarrhoea, medical sources said on 22 September.

“The outbreak began on 13 September and so far we have registered 261 cases and no fatalities,” Adan Ilmi Diriye, the regional medical officer, told IRIN.

[Full Report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=80517]


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