Charity seeks funds to avert looming cholera outbreak at refugee camps in Kenya

GARISSA, Kenya, May 30 (Xinhua) -- The international medical charity, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), on Tuesday appealed for urgent funding to avert an outbreak of cholera at the refugee camps in northeastern Kenya.

The charity said the cholera outbreak in the camps has affected 2,786 people so far and there is an imminent risk of outbreaks of other gastro-intestinal diseases.