FILE - A doctor attends to a malnourished child at a refugee camp in Yola, Nigeria. Doctors Without Borders says nearly 200 refugees from Boko Haram have died of starvation and dehydration in the city of Bama in the past month.
Last month, Doctors Without Borders said as many as six people were dying daily from disease and malnutrition at a displaced persons camp in Bama.
A National Emergency Management Agency official said many of the worst cases of malnutrition at the camp were people who had recently arrived from areas where no humanitarian assistance was available.
The WFP aims to get food assistance to 431,000 people by the end of the year, Ouane said, but that could increase to 700,000 if the need grows as aid agencies access more areas.
“If we manage to reach them, we will contribute greatly to stabilize their nutrition status and their food security situation,” Ouane said.
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