South Sudan's cholera crisis is waning but humanitarian workers are now battling increased cases of malaria and the parasitic disease kala azar, with children most affected. Conflict between the government and rebels has displaced 1.7 million people, or one in seven of the population, since December, with famine on the horizon. MSF treated about 200 people for kala azar in Upper Nile State, one of the areas worst hit by fighting, in July. With the onset of the rains producing stagnant water for mosquitoes, there has also been a "spike" in malaria. http://bit.ly/1rHqNSd http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ
No Respite For South Sudan: Cholera Down But Malaria, Parasitic Disease Up: MSF
South Sudan's cholera crisis is waning but humanitarian workers are now battling increased cases of malaria and the parasitic disease kala azar, with children most affected. Conflict between the government and rebels has displaced 1.7 million people, or one in seven of the population, since December, with famine on the horizon. MSF treated about 200 people for kala azar in Upper Nile State, one of the areas worst hit by fighting, in July. With the onset of the rains producing stagnant water for mosquitoes, there has also been a "spike" in malaria. http://bit.ly/1rHqNSd http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ
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