“The worst drought in 60 years”
15/07/2011
Thousands of people across the Horn of Africa are facing severe food and water shortages in what is being called “the worst drought in 60 years”. At the same time, high food prices are amplifying the drought’s impact.
Hawa Issak lives with her son in the Ifo refugee camp, in North Eastern Province, near the Kenya-Somalia border.
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The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) and its lead technical agency the World Health Organization (WHO) are working with several aid and humanitarian agencies, along with the governments of the affected countries, in a coordinated response to the escalating crisis.
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