Displaced population in Diffa faces serious gaps in healthcare
Niger’s Diffa region has long been facing serious gaps in the provision of health care for its more than half a million citizens. The influx of an estimated 60,000 displaced persons has further aggravated this situation. Aid agencies are mobilizing efforts to salvage the situation but serious gaps remain: Save the Children, funded by European Unions’ humanitarian office, ECHO, is focusing on malnutrition through a community care approach and addressing acute cases of malnutrition and reducing morbidity and mortality. Read more…
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Photo May 2014© UNHCR’s partner IRC: Vaccination on Lake Chad Islands