Nigeria: People in Borno State in Need of Humanitarian and Medical Aid Before Rain Cuts Off Access

Press releaseNigeria: People in Borno State in Need of Humanitarian and Medical Aid Before Rain Cuts Off AccessJuly 20, 2017NEW YORK/MAIDUGURI, JULY 20, 2017—In anticipation of the rainy season—which coincides with the peak of malaria and increased malnutrition rates—Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is scaling up assistance to address what are expected to be increasing humanitarian and medical needs in hard-to-reach areas o f Borno State,Nigeria. The rainy season will render some locations impossible to reach, as the countryside transforms into muddy swamps and roads disappear under water.
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