Mystery kidney disease kills Nicaraguans

In some communities, kidney disease is the second leading cause of death among working-age men from sugar cane fields.

In the last decade, a mysterious kidney disease has killed more than 20,000 people across Central America. 

In some Nicaraguan communities, it is now the second leading cause of death among working-age men.
 
Most of those are labourers from sugarcane fields.

Al Jazeera’s David Mercer reports from Chichigalpa in Nicaragua.

Source: Al Jazeera