MSF Warns Health, Living Conditions Of Refugees In Dadaab Camp Deteriorating

MSF Warns Health, Living Conditions Of Refugees In Dadaab Camp Deteriorating

Friday, February 17, 2012

The medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) on Thursday said the conditions for hundreds of thousands of refugees living in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp are worsening and people there "are experiencing a 'humanitarian emergency' because of the scaling back of aid work," Deutsche Presse-Agentur/M&C reports (2/16). MSF "said the health of refugees at the complex is deteriorating, with recent outbreaks of measles, cholera and acute diarrhea," and said an estimated one in 12 children is malnourished, VOA News writes. "Most of the refugees at Dadaab are Somalis who fled last year's severe drought or Somalia's chronic conflict," the news agency notes. MSF "called on the Kenyan government, international aid groups, and the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to provide 'continuous support' to the Dadaab camp, saying thousands of refugees are relying on their support," according to the news agency (2/16).

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