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WHO warns Cyclone Freddy raising 'major' health risks

In a statement, the United Nations agency said that torrential downpours and flooding had destroyed over 300 health facilities in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique.

Men load dead bodies into an ambulance during a joint search and rescue operation to recover bodies of victims of the mudslide at Manje informal settlement. (Photo by Amos Gumulira / AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

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.

In a statement, the United Nations

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