Following the arrival of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at Bama, Borno State, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has commenced emergency nutritional and paediatric activities in response to the situation at the camps.
The action is coming as a response to the bleak circumstances the IDPs are subjected to, as observed by Katja Lorenz, MSF’s representative in Abuja, a situation, which has left 13 children dead in less than two weeks in August.
According to Lorenz, “Well over 6,000 people currently sleep in the open with no protection from the heat, rains and mosquitoes. People do not even have basic utensils to cook their dry food rations, and water is not available in adequate quantities to meet the minimum needs. A lot of children are already in a critical state upon arrival, and poor assistance and access to healthcare further deteriorates their condition.”
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