African health agency says DRC fighting has spawned 'health emergency'
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has been advancing across the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east, which has been the scene of numerous infectious disease outbreaks.
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The conditions had also led to "widespread measles, cholera and other outbreaks, claiming thousands more lives". (File)
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The head of Africa's health agency said the situation in the DRC city of Goma was a "full-scale public health