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March 18, 2002
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS
"Afghan Influenza Outbreak Killed 60
Children--WHO"
Reuters (www.reuters.com)
(03/15/02)
Sixty children have died so far this winter as
northeastern Afghanistan labors under a influenza outbreak. According to a
World Health Organization spokesperson, experts treated residents of the remote
Yumgan valley in Badakhshan last week, and they noted that no new flu cases have
been recorded. Afghan and international medical experts are meeting this week
in Kabul for the first time in about 20 years for a discussion of how to restore
health and nutrition to the Afghanistan population.
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