The internationalmedicalaidagencyDoctors Without Bordershassuspendedits measlesvaccinationcampaignnear the Somalicapital, following intensefighting there.
Thousands of children are suffering from respiratory problems brought on by the flooding, and malaria infections among pregnant women are running high, according to Dr Alain Njiki of the UNFPA, which normally offers reproductive health services in Cameroon but has had to double as a medicalaidagency since the flooding began.