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Nigeria
In Nigeria, the ICRC helps people affected by armed conflict and violence, particularly in the north-east, the Middle Belt and the Niger Delta states. We promote IHL and other rules that protect people during armed violence and we support the emergency-response work of the Nigerian Red Cross.
In numbers
From January to June 2019
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640,000people received food assistance and essential household items
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258,000accessed health care across 20 ICRC-supported primary health care centres
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37,850children under five received vaccines
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296water points were constructed or rehabilitated for displaced persons and residents
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1,600temporary shelters were built for newly displaced people
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21,000are being looked for by the ICRC following tracing requests made by families
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22,400detainees were visited in 21 places of detention