UN officials have reported that the health situation of displaced civilians in the town of Mile 91 has continued to deteriorate due to poor water and sanitation. One of the main obstacles to expanding humanitarian programmes in Mile 91 is the lack of Ministry of Health staff, who have left the area due to insecurity, UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said. The World Food Programme (WFP) and the NGO, CARE, are now distributing 700 mt of food in one-month rations to some 60,000 internally displaced people there. Eckhard added that suitable sites for the new camps were being identified.
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