Medical officials in Cameroon say bilharzia, a waterborne larvae which causes life-threatening internal damage if left untreated, is rampant in both rich and poor areas of Yaounde and other cities because of poor water and sanitation infrastructure.
“We found that 32 percent of the inhabitants of Mballa I-Dragage, a very high class residential area minutes from the centre of Yaounde, are infected with bilharzia,” said Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté, president of the national programme against bilharzia (PNLSHI).
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