Hepatitis E -- Niger
Hepatitis E has killed 30 people in the Diffa region of south eastern Niger, close to Nigeria, home to some 300 000 displaced and refugees who fled the violence of the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram. "A total of 664 suspected and confirmed cases were reported on 23 May 2017. On the same date, 30 deaths related to the disease were recorded," reported the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Niamey, on its website.
A previous report dated 19 Apr 2017 reported 25
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