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654 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ভারত বাংলাদেশের শরণার্থীদের জন্য রেডক্রসের তথ্যবিবরণী ৯ আগষ্ট, ১৯৭১ রেডক্রস লীগের ত্রাণ তৎপরতা Red Cross news and features Issued Monday, 9 August, 1971 RED CROSS FIGHTS MALNUTRITION AMONGST REFUGEE CHILDREN IN INDIA The dramatic upsurge in the numbers of case of malnutrition among small children in the camps for East Pakistani refugees in India is a new challenge for the Red Cross. Already operating more than 800 milk stations in the camps, the Indian Red Cross, in close co-operation with UNICEF and the Indian authorities, is accelerating its supplementary' feeding and medical programme to fight inadequate nutrition and the diseases it causes among children under seven and pregnant and lactating mothers. It is intended to reach two million beneficiaries with milk, high protein foods, vitamins and appropriate medical care for the sick-Malnutrition-caused diseases are already estimated to have affected some 200,000. By mid-August, the Indian Red Cross expected to be running some 1,200 centers for a total of one million beneficiaries, so present plans mean these will have to be doubled in capacity and new centers will have to be opened. UNICEF is providing equipment, financial and logistic support for the programme. In its all-out effort to provide relief for the refugees, who now number more than seven million, the Indian Red Cross has 5,000 workers in the field. Through the League of Red Cross Societies, National Societies of 43 countries have provided close to 20 million Swiss francs worth of assistance for the operations. These include running 38 mobile medical teams and three field hospitals, in addition to the milk stations. Red Cross volunteer doctors and nurse have vaccinated some 600,000 persons against cholera and other diseases. Among the contributions from sister Societies are 80 ambulances, tents and Plastic sheeting to shelter 30,000 people, milk powder, baby food, anti-cholera vaccines, medicaments, multivitamin tablets blankets and clothing, and cash for local purchases, operational expenses and transport, including an airlift from Calcutta to other points around the East Pakistan border where refugees have congregated.