Chad — A campaign to register young children to provide them with preventative measures against malnutrition began on Monday in the Sudanese refugee camps in eastern Chad.
Speaking to Radio Dabanga from Gaga camp, a representative of the Chadian office of nutrition and environment support, Juma Ahmed Abdullah, said that the campaign by the World Food Programme (WFP) in collaboration with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was especially prompted because of the high incidence of the disease in the camps.
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