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Somalia: Drought Response - Situation Report No. 3 (as of 7 April 2017)
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from UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Published on 07 Apr 2017 ? View Original
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Highlights
6.2m People in need. 2.9m in IPC Phase 3 and 4
536,000 Internally displaced due to drought since November 2016 as of 2 April
1.1m People reached in 2017 as of 31 March with improved access to water
3,829 Suspected Measles cases in 2017 as of 26 March
21,664 AWD/cholera cases reported in 2017 as of 4 April
$558m Total humanitarian funding in 2017...
Somalia: Drought Response - Situation Report No. 3 (as of 7 April 2017)
Report
from UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Published on 07 Apr 2017 ? View Original
Download PDF (930.51 KB)Highlights
- Around 536,000 people have been displaced in Somalia due to drought since November 2016. Around 70,000 have arrived in Baidoa and around 72,000 in Mogadishu in March alone, in search of food and water.
- Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD)/cholera continues to increase, particularly in Bay, Bakool, Banadir, Gedo and Lower Shabelle regions. Middle Juba and Bakol regions are reporting alarming cumulative Case Fatality Rates of 14.1 and 5.1 per cent respectively, far above the emergency threshold of 1 per cent (75 deaths out of 533 cases in Middle Juba and 143 deaths out of 2,823 cases in Bakol reported since 1 January 2017).
- The spread of measles is also of serious concern, with 3,829 suspected cases reported since the beginning of the year.
- National and international NGOs and UN agencies have worked together to reach more than 1.1 million people with safe water in March alone. Further scale-up is ongoing across all clusters. Priorities include treatment and prevention of AWD/cholera and prevention of measles, improved access to food and safe water, nutritional treatment for malnourished children, protection, shelter and non-food support to newly displaced.
- Donors have moved quickly to generously support scale-up of response and over US$558 million has been made available or pledged for humanitarian assistance since January.
6.2m People in need. 2.9m in IPC Phase 3 and 4
536,000 Internally displaced due to drought since November 2016 as of 2 April
1.1m People reached in 2017 as of 31 March with improved access to water
3,829 Suspected Measles cases in 2017 as of 26 March
21,664 AWD/cholera cases reported in 2017 as of 4 April
$558m Total humanitarian funding in 2017...