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Help to war victims in Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

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Famine is increasing daily in Biafra, as a result of the influx of refugees from Aba and other localities fallen into the hands of the. Federal forces. It is estimated that thousands of persons are dying every day in Biafra, especially in the numerous refugee camps where there are many cases of Kwashiorkor, a disease due to a lack of proteins and malnutrition.

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International Committee of the Red Cross
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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 8 , Issue 91 , October 1968 , pp. 516 - 526
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1968

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1 See International Review, 09 1968.Google Scholar

2 Plate. — Biafran child in transit centre of the ICRC, near Umuahia.

Refugees from conflict arriving at ICRC transit and feeding centre.

An injured man being treated by ICRC doctor-delegate at Uturu Red Cross centre.

Distribution of relief supplies to refugees.