Mauritania: Alarming Malnutrition and Mortality Among Malian Refugees

[MSF]One year after the start of the political crisis in Mali, insecurity resulting from the military coup, the Tuareg rebellion and the presence of armed islamist groups in the north have displaced hundred thousands of people. Some 55,000 refugees are still living in difficult conditions in the Mbera camp in Mauritania. A nutrition and retrospective mortality survey by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has revealed critical mortality and malnutrition rates. Karl Nawezi

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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 11, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news