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VIDEO: Silent Emergency: 100+ Children Abandoned in CAR
27 Feb 2009 08:55:00 GMT
Source: International Medical Corps (IMC) - USA
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After renewed fighting in the Bamingui-Bangoran province of Central African Republic, International Medical Corps conducted a rapid assessment in the area. We found thousands to be at high risk of disease and malnutrition after the fighting forced more than 13,500 to flee their homes.






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