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Contributor [1]
Thursday, May 30, 2002 - 03:00
Categories: 
Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
66 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Heavy rains in Kenya could precipitate a health crisis in any number of ways. In rural areas, water sources can become contaminated, and because most rural folk do not know how to de-contaminate drinking water, this could easily translate into greater incidence of water-borne diseases.

Category: 
Food & Health [4]
Oldurl: 
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/hivaids/7852 [5]
Country: 
Kenya [6]

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