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 (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 11, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Mauritania: Refugees Face 'Alarming' Malnutrition, Mortality Rates
[IRIN]Dakar/Nouakchott -In Mbéra refugee camp in eastern Mauritania, home to 55,000 Malians, just under one child in five is malnourished, and 4.6 percent are severely malnourished - two to three times the national average, according to a just-released November survey by NGO Médecins sans Frontières (MSF). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 10, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Alarming malnutrition, mortality for Malian refugees
One year after the start of the political crisis in Mali, insecurity resulting from a 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, head of MSF's activities in Mauritania, explains why the situation has reached such an alarming level in the refugee camp, which is located in the middle of the d...
Source: MSF News - January 9, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Frontpage Mauritania NEWS Source Type: news
Mali: Death and hunger among refugees in Mauritania
Interview: 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 hundreds of thousands of people. (Source: MSF News)
Source: MSF News - January 9, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Mauritania: Mauritania Receives French Grant
[Magharebia]Mauritania and France inked a 6.4m euro grant accord on Wednesday (January 2nd), to benefit health care and food security programs in the country, ANI reported. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 4, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
