WHO Targets 800,000 Nigerians Previously Cut Off From Aid

The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are scaling up emergency operations in northeast Nigeria to reach people impacted by the Boko Haram insurgency. Aid groups recently regained access to some 800,000 people who were previously cut off from outside humanitarian aid. The WHO recently declared northeastern Nigeria an organizational grade three emergency. This is the highest emergency level ascribed to a humanitarian crisis, putting this region on a par with the dire...

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