With wintry conditions arriving in the higher elevations, children are facing a potentially deadly combination of cold, malnutrition, and disease, ... Most housing has been destroyed in the hardest-hit areas, so the survival of thousands of young children is now at stake. Shelter, nutrition, and health care for children must be a priority.
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