Cholera hits central Somalia town

ABUDWAK, Somalia, November 16, 2015 (Garowe Online)-At least 60 people, mostly children under the age of five have been affected by cholera outbreak according to Somali officials, Garowe Online reports.

Somalia Federal Government and Galmudug officials toured conflict-battered Abudwak General Hospital to assess the magnitude of the infection.

The cholera cases caused diarrhea, vomiting and severe dehydration in a country for long plagued by malnutrition.

Health officials say, they are coordinating efforts with International partners to contain the spread of the disease.

Though, no deaths have been reported so far, many communities, especially families living in overcrowded camps are very vulnerable to such outbreaks in the war-ravaged East African country. 

GAROWE ONLINE