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Last updated: Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar’s junta insists health conditions are normal in Myanmar’s devastated Irawaddy delta. But in many areas of the delta, they are a recipe for disease. “Shelter is the most important thing we need,” Myint Hlaing said Monday. “There are more and more mosquitoes here. We are afraid of getting dengue fever.”

One relief group reported finding elderly and child survivors of the cyclone dying from dysentery in some areas because many have no choice but to drink dirty water. Other groups have detected a number of ailments including pneumonia, malaria, and cholera.

Save the Children UK has warned that some 30,000 children in the delta were severely malnourished before Cyclone Nargis struck, with thousands facing starvation in the next two or three weeks. The monsoon season, which begins next month, adds yet another challenge.

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