Charity blames US aid cuts for fatal cholera claiming children's lives
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7 min readIn South Sudan’s worst cholera outbreak in decades, clinic closures caused by US aid cuts have forced patients to walk for hours in extreme heat, leading to preventable deaths along the way.
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A Somali internally-displaced (IDP) child sits outside makeshift homes in Maslah camp, Mogadishu, Somalia April 9, 2025 (AP/Farah Abdi)
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