Lake Chad Basin: UNICEF warns 5.6 million children at risk of waterborne diseases in rainy season

More than 5.6 million children are at increased risk of contracting waterborne diseases, such as cholera and diarrhoeal infections, as the rainy season begins in conflict-affected areas of countries around Lake Chad, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned today.
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news