00:00A cholera crisis is escalating in Western Central Africa, putting over 80,000 children at grave risk as the rainy season begins.
00:09Outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria are spilling across borders,
00:14with Chad, Ghana and six other nations already battling epidemics, while five more countries are on high alert.
00:22In the Democratic Republic of Congo alone, over 38,000 cases and 951 deaths were reported in July,
00:30with children under five bearing a quarter of infections.
00:34Kinshasa's hospitals are overwhelmed, with fatalities spiking to 8%.
00:40Meanwhile in Chad, 55 suspected cases, including four deaths, have erupted at a Sudanese refugee camp,
00:47where overcrowding and contaminated water fueled the outbreak.
00:52UNICEF warns that floods, displacement and crumbling water systems are creating a perfect storm.
00:59Without urgent action, this could become the region's worst cholera crisis in years.
01:05For vulnerable children, it's now a fight for survival.
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