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Niger: Niger Response: Latest Update (February 11, 2015)

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Source: International Medical Corps
Country: Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria

Los Angeles, CA

International Medical Corps Response to Displacement of Nigerians

Since 2011, a Nigeria-based militant group designated by the United States as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, has carried out violent and indiscriminate attacks on innocent civilians. As their attacks increase, and the situation in Nigeria continues to deteriorate, with increasing numbers of victims, destruction of the social and economic infrastructure and disruption of education services. Attacks have expanded beyond Nigeria, targeting innocent children, women and men in neighboring countries as well. International Medical Corps is supporting displaced families through our established programs in Chad, Cameroon and Nigeria and has deployed an Emergency Response Team (ERT) to support refugees in Niger.

International Medical Corps is responding in 4 countries: Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger

The influx of refugees, returnees, and internally displaced persons in the four affected countries is putting further strain on already stretched resources and basic services. The United Nations reports the militant group was responsible for more than 7,700 deaths in 2014. Comparatively, the number of reported deaths in 2015 has already increased drastically.

In Cameroon, International Medical Corps is providing emergency medical and mental health care services to Nigerian refugees in Minawao camp and nutrition care and referral services at the Gadala health post in Mokolo district.

In Chad, International Medical Corps programs include collaborating with the Ministry of Health to provide Ngouboua health centers with primary health care, maternal health, and nutrition support and managing the nutrition stabilization center at Bagasola Hospital.

In Nigeria, International Medical Corps is scaling up routine immunization and supplementary immunization activities, especially polio vaccination activities, for children under 5 years of age in Kano state.


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