The aid is vital to an estimated 350,000 displaced persons as Chad descends into further violence.
According to UNICEF, "With widespread chronic malnutrition, diarrhea, respiratory diseases and malaria the main causes of death among under-five children in eastern Chad, the lack of access to health services and essential medicines must be addressed."
"In this context, increased humanitarian assistance for refugees, the internally displaced, and host communities in eastern and southern Chad is vital."
According to the United Nations, more than 215,000 Sudanese refugees from the war-torn Darfur region, 85 percent of them children and women, live in 12 camps in eastern Chad. Deteriorating security has uprooted nearly 90,000 Chadians, 30,000 of them during October and November alone, while unrest in CAR has sent 45,000 people fleeing into southern Chad.
