A woman identified as Nyandwi
Velelia, an IDP who resides in Tanzania’s Nduta refugee camp gave birth
to triplets four days ago at the camp’s MSF-run maternity ward,
where almost 490 babies were born last month.
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Nyandwi and her new baby
boys are all healthy: the delivery was straightforward and the family
was discharged quickly from hospital.
Nyandwi and her new baby
boys are all healthy: the delivery was straightforward and the family
was discharged quickly from hospital.
However, many challenges lie
ahead for the triplets: their new home is a tent that leaks when it
rains and their cradle will be a simple mat on the floor. They will
share this accommodation with their mother, father and three other
siblings.
ahead for the triplets: their new home is a tent that leaks when it
rains and their cradle will be a simple mat on the floor. They will
share this accommodation with their mother, father and three other
siblings.
“I have no clothes for my newborns and I`m worried that they
will get sick,” Nyandwi says. Nyandwi is one of 89,000 people now
living in Nduta camp, where overcrowded and unsanitary living conditions
are contributing to a spike in diseases such as malaria.
Photo credit: MSF (Doctors Without Borders)