Myanmar: The Faces of Tragedy

Health experts warn that the cyclone victims face the threat of widespread diarrheal diseases stemming from contaminated drinking water. In addition, they say large amounts of water on land surfaces lead to an increased rate of mosquitoes breeding, and consequentially, an increase in malaria and viral infections.

A girl drinks water from a container as her family, now homeless, eat donated food in Konegyangone township in the outskirts of Yangon on May 7, 2008.

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