Simple diagnostic tools are only available in the capital. As a result Somali doctors can only treat symptoms. Almost all refugees live in brush shelters thatched with grass. These shelters are neither waterproof nor windproof. Furthermore. there is a serious shortage of forage for building these huts. Tents are needed to temporarily shelter new refugees. while tarpaulin and plastic sheets are needed to weatherize existing shelters. The vast number of refugees in Somalia. the impending food crisis. and the precarious health situation in refugee camps present a series of difficult challenges to the international community. Somalias refugees are living on the brink of starvation in overcrowded. unsanitary camps. If we are to avert disaster later this summer. quick passage of Public Law 480 supplemental appropriations is imperative.e
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