Pakistan: Diphtheria outbreak kills 30 in Waziristan
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#2284A)
The vaccine-preventable disease, diphtheria has been seen in the northwestern Pakistan region of Waziristan at alarming rates, as local media reports hundreds of cases of the dangerous disease. Some 30 children have died from diphtheria and the report states the authorities have done little to control the outbreak. Doctors say that the disease has spread from children ["]
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