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UN RC Namibia

Drought leaves over 33,000 people food insecure

About 109,000 children under 5 living in rural households are at risk of malnutrition due to reduced food availability compounded by limited access to safe water and adequate sanitation.

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OCHA

Emergency measles vaccination campaign targets 125,000 children in Bangui

Eight children had tested positive for the disease in April. Vaccines are also available to improve routine measles vaccination in high-risk regions of the country.

Govt. Somalia

Six years after its last reported case, polio outbreak confirmed in Somalia

Experts are particularly concerned as in some areas of South Central Somalia, immunization activities have not taken place in more than three years. All parents are urged to get their children vaccinated.

WFP

School feeding crucial in crisis times, yet the most needy still miss out - new report

In the past five years, at least 38 countries have scaled up their school feeding programs in response to a crisis, whether related to food prices, conflicts or natural disasters.

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