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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that it would be forced to drastically cut food rations for 118,000 refugees in camps in Ethiopia, unless donations of $4.2 million are made urgently to provide enough food for at least the next six months.
“When rations are reduced, the health of beneficiaries deteriorates; young children, women and the elderly in particular, become more vulnerable to malaria,” WFP Country Director Georgia Shaver said in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. “When epidemics occur, mortality rates are much higher than in normal circumstances, when refugees are properly fed.” Full Story>> |
