Health and sanitation next obstacle after flooding in Mauritania

Up to two-thirds of Tintane's population of 16,000 lost their homes and are living in tents and makeshift shelters in five temporary sites – none of which have latrines.

“They defecate on the street, right beside their tents even,” said Niang Saidou Doro of the Mauritanian Ministry of Health. “It's a risk.”

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