A relative mourns over Filipino boy Aliman Muhamad who died of a flood-borne disease inside a flooded shanty in Pasig City, east of Manila, Philippines, 23 October 2009. The World Health Organization (WHO) has dispatched a team of experts to help the Philippines deal with an outbreak of a flood-borne disease that has killed 148 people, a spokesman said on 22 October. The team was formed after the Philippines issued a global request for assistance in controlling leptospirosis, which has also infected nearly 2,000 people since the start of October