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South Sudan flooding hampers efforts to contain hepatitis E outbreak

South Sudan flooding hampers efforts to contain hepatitis E outbreak

MSF begins vaccine drive against incurable disease, which is spread via dirty water and kills thousands of pregnant women

A push to tackle an outbreak of hepatitis E in South Sudan is being hampered by flooding that has isolated populations and turned villages into islands.

A pioneering vaccination drive has begun to protect people against a spate of cases but the true scale of the disease outbreak is unknown.

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