WHO has donated lifesaving medical supplies to three health sector partners responding to the emergency health needs of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Borno State, Nigeria.

Two full Interagency Emergency Health Kits (IEHK) with enough medicines and supplies to provide essential care for 20 000 people for 3 months were donated to the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) Spain. These kits are being used to support the response in Benisheik hospital and camps in Jere and Maiduguri local government areas. These kits also contained medicines and supplies to prevent malaria and HIV infection.

One Interagency Diarrhoeal Disease Kit (IDDK) and 5 basic IEHKs for 5000 people for 3 months were donated to Médecins du Monde to respond to the needs of IDPs in Kawarmela camp.