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Poor access affecting Maniema health situation

    NAIROBI
    The health situation in the Kampene area of Maniema province is "worrying" due to insecurity and the population's lack of access to basic health care services, Medical Emergency Relief International (MERLIN) said on Thursday. "I suspect the health of the population has been severely compromised, but we have no way of accessing Kampene," a MERLIN official told IRIN. The area's health structures had not been resupplied with drugs since MERLIN was forced to evacuate in August 1998, he said, adding that a new attack on the town was reported within the past two weeks. Another area of concern was Punia in the north of the province, where MERLIN now had only limited access. Main health problems included very high rates of malaria and diarrhoeal diseases, he said.

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