Study: Crisis in Congo Kills 38,000 Per Month
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › January 07, 2006
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - War-ravaged Congo is suffering the world's deadliest humanitarian crisis, with 38,000 people dying each month mostly from easily treatable diseases, a study published Friday in Britain's leading medical journal said.
Nearly 4 million people died between 1998-2004 alone - the indirect result of years of ruinous fighting that has brought on a stunning collapse of public health services, the study in the Lancet concluded.See the full content of this document
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Study: Crisis in Congo Kills 38,000 Per Month
The majority of deaths were due to disease...
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