13 NOVEMBER 1997. KENYA: CHOLERA & CLIMATE

Cholera has killed at least 12 people along the Kenyan coast, including the cities of Mombasa and Malindi. "Scores of people have died from cholera in Kenya this year, first during a long drought and recently due to flooding caused by heavy rains." ---CDPC-mail and Nando.net, reported by ProMED-mail <promed@usa.healthnet.org>.

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