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VIDEO: Bangladesh faces diarrhoea epidemic
23 Apr 2009 03:19:00 GMT
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Apr 22 - Bangladesh is in the grip of what doctors are calling a diarrhoea epidemic.

Helen Long reports.




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A mother comforts her child who is affected by diarrhoea at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease and Research Bangladesh (ICDDRB) in Dhaka April 22, 2009. A spreading diarrhoea epidemic caused ...


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