Nearly 70,000 people displaced by the violence stay in 334 such camps.
“Inmates are only eating dal, rice and potatoes for three meals a day. The situation of food shortage in the camps is so bad that each inmate gets one egg every two weeks. Lactating mothers are not receiving enough nutrition to produce breast milk. A five-day-old baby was being fed diluted milk powder because of lack of mother’s milk or its nearest substitute — cow’s milk,” Dr Rahman said.
With connectivity between the Kuki and Meitei zones disrupted, there is also an acute shortage of vaccine supplies. No special immunisation drives, especially against measles, had been undertaken in the relief camps visited, the team noted.
“Measles Vaccine Immunisation drive in children above 9 months along with Vitamin A oral suspension is imperative for relief camps according to United Nations Commissioner For Relief SPHERE standards,” the team noted.
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