U.N.: Up to 10,000 Dying a Month in Darfur Camps

Up to 10,000 people, many of them children, are dying each month from disease and violence in Darfur camps, despite the international aid effort in the vast and arid region, the World Health Organization  said Monday. A study of settlements in the west and the north of the conflict ridden region, carried out by the United Nations  health agency, pointed to a monthly toll of 6,000-10,000 out of a displaced population of 1.2 million, it said. "Thousands of these are children," said David Nabarro, who heads the WHO's health crisis action group. "What is disturbing is that we are already six months into this crisis," he told a news conference. [more ]

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