Congo, world's deadliest humanitarian crisis

War-ravaged Congo is suffering the world’s deadliest humanitarian crisis, with 38,000 people dying each month mostly from easily treatable diseases, according to a study in the Lancet, Britain’s leading medical journal.

Congo, world's deadliest humanitarian crisis

War-ravaged Congo is suffering the world’s deadliest humanitarian crisis, with 38,000 people dying each month mostly from easily treatable diseases, according to a study in the Lancet, Britain’s leading medical journal.

Nearly four million people died between 1998-2004 alone – the indirect result of years of ruinous fighting that has brought on a stunning collapse of public health services, the study in the Lancet concluded.

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