WHO joins investigation in DR Congo undiagnosed disease


By Shi Yu

KINSHASA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) is deploying experts to support health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with investigations to determine the cause of a yet undiagnosed disease that has been reported in Panzi, a locality in Kwango Province in the southwest of the country.

The WHO experts are joining the DRC response team and are on their way to Panzi, the WHO regional office for Africa confirmed in a statement on Friday.

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