1. Résumé

Six mois après la crise post-électorale, la situation sécuritaire et socio-politique s’est progressivement améliorée dans la majeure partie de la Côte d’Ivoire, permettant le retour à leurs lieux d’origine de plusieurs centaines de milliers de personnes déplacées internes et réfugiées dans les pays de la région.

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This revised Emergency Humanitarian Action Plan (EHAP) updates the initial EHAP launched on 2 November 2010. In accordance with consolidated appeal policy, projects will be counted as part of the 2011 West Africa Regional Consolidated Appeal. The crisis in Benin has evolved more or less as predicted and analysed in the initial EHAP. This revision does not, therefore, seek to restate contextual information and strategic assumptions about humanitarian planning

West Africa's humanitarian situation remains of deep concern. The region continues to be marked by complex and severe humanitarian crises, often exceeding the populations' coping capacities and deepening their vulnerability. In 2010, the region was found to have the highest rates of under-five mortality in the world. About one-quarter of all global child deaths occur in West Africa. These grave conditions continue to be aggravated by poor nutrition and inadequate treatment of childhood disease.

In terms of food security, over 10 million

The impact of the floods is massive: 130,000 hectares of crops have been ruined; 55,000 houses and over 270 schools have been damaged, as well as many roads and bridges.

"It's a dramatic situation. There are people who have lost everything and need a lot of help. We're very worried about the future and the risk of food shortages because of the

Introduction

The 2010 Humanitarian Appeal addresses twelve major humanitarian crises around the world. It presents a strategic, concerted action plan for each crisis, bringing together hundreds of aid organizations working together to deliver vital aid effectively and efficiently. It requires donors also to act together to ensure that these joint efforts receive the urgent funding needed to save lives, prevent irrecoverable harm, maintain dignity and restore self-reliance.

- Cruz Roja Española prepara el envío de Unidades de Respuesta en Emergencias especializadas en logística y distribución de ayuda.

La Federación Internacional de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja ha lanzado un llamamiento de ayuda de 3 millones de euros para asistir a la población damnificada por las inundaciones que sufren 16 países de África central y del oeste. Las intensas precipitaciones

On World Malaria Day in 2009, just over 600 days remain until 31 December 2010, UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon's deadline for all endemic countries to achieve universal coverage with essential malaria control interventions.(1) Data presented here highlight major signs of progress across Africa toward this goal.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that between 190 and 330 million malaria episodes occurred in 2006, resulting in nearly 1 million deaths. About 90 per cent of all malaria

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY