INFANTS DIE FROM DEATH AND COLD IN CENTRAL BOSNIA

VITEZ, Nov 26 (Hina) - According to data issued by ICRC and the Mother and Child Association, there are currently 25,681 children in the Lasva valley (central Bosnia). Over a half of those children are displaced. Most of those children are concentrated in Novi Travnik (12,016) and Vitez (7,400), but the local health centers are suffering shortage of most essential medicines, especially vaccines for the youngest. Under- nourishment has also resulted in the low level of the children's resistance. Thus, even the newly-born infants are dying from hunger and cold. (End) 261535 MET nov 93