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Kindu displaced in "reasonable" condition

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    Meanwhile, MERLIN has been able to assist in reestablishing basic health services in the provincial capital, Kindu, as well as in nearby Kalima town. The MERLIN official said most of Kindu's 120,000 residents - displaced by conflict last year - have since returned to the city, but about 10 percent have decided to remain in the surrounding forests. "They have set up displaced settlements near their fields and are in reasonable shape," he said. A cholera outbreak in February/March was brought under control and the health situation in both Kindu and Kalima was now stable, he said. A MERLIN statement said the NGO was supporting 35 health centres and two hospitals in Maniema province, which is under rebel control.

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