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Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 03:00
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Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
255 [3]
Article-Summary: 

An outbreak of dysentery in northeastern Kenya's Mandera District has claimed the lives of 13 children over the past two weeks, health officials said on Tuesday, blaming the epidemic on contamination of water sources during the current rainy season, which follows a severe drought in the remote, arid area.

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Food & Health [4]
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Country: 
Kenya [6]

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