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African health agency says DRC fighting has spawned 'health emergency'

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has been advancing across the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east, which has been the scene of numerous infectious disease outbreaks.

The conditions had also led to "widespread measles, cholera and other outbreaks, claiming thousands more lives". (File)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | AFP

The head of Africa's health agency said the situation in the DRC city of Goma was a "full-scale public health

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