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July 23, 2003
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“Diphtheria Kills Three Afghan Refugee Children” Reuters (www.reuters.com) (07/21/03)
Three Afghan children at the Zhare Dasht camp near the city of Kandahar died after becoming infected with diphtheria, with 17 children infected overall, according to World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Yvette Bivigou. In order to control the disease, the WHO is isolating affected children and vaccinating children under the age of five against the disease. In addition, the WHO has ordered 2 million doses of anti-toxin to help prevent an outbreak of diphtheria. Currently, there are 36,000 refugees at Zhare Dasht, and another 3,500 people are expected to be moved there in the coming week.
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