Key messages • In February 2024, an estimated 74 million people in the region were highly food insecure and in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. This includes 58.2 million people, according to...
Burundi + 10 more
Burundi + 10 more
Key messages • In February 2024, an estimated 74 million people in the region were highly food insecure and in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. This includes 58.2 million people, according to...
DR Congo + 10 more
Key messages High levels of acute food insecurity persisted in various parts of the region, following El Niño-induced heavy rains and flooding during the 2023 OctoberDecember (OND) rainfall season,...
Ethiopia + 6 more
Overview Heavy rains induced by El Nino led to extensive flooding in the Horn of Africa, displacing over 4 million people, damaging infrastructure and affecting human health, with more than 350...
Ethiopia + 6 more
Overview Countries in the Horn are experiencing increased rainfall resulting in flooding and river overflows influenced by El-Niño and a positive Indian Ocean Dipole. This has resulted in the...
Ethiopia + 6 more
Key Highlights • Countries in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHoA) continue to face extreme weather events including drought and flooding; the impacts of these events are likely to be exacerbated by the...
DR Congo + 10 more
Key messages Based on recent IPC2 data, about 65.8 million people in 10 of the 13 countries covered by the FSNWG were highly food insecure (IPC Phase 3+) in August 2023. Of these, 35.4 million were...
Ethiopia + 8 more
Climate, armed conflict, high food prices and post-COVID-19 economic fall-out have caused record food insecurity in the Horn of Africa, with an estimated 60 million urgently in need of help, UN...
World + 22 more
Responding to health emergencies: WHO impact in 2022 Introduction When the World Health Organization (WHO) launched its first consolidated global health emergency appeal at the start of 2022, an...
World + 39 more
Foreword In 2022, WHO and other humanitarian actors responded to an unprecedented number of complex crises, natural disasters and disease outbreaks, along with the continued impact of COVID-19. While...
Ethiopia + 6 more
Executive Summary Countries in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHoA) continue to experience extreme weather events, including the worst drought in 40 years after four consecutive failed rainy seasons...
Ethiopia + 6 more
Life-threatening hunger caused by climate shocks, violent insecurity and disease in the Horn of Africa, have left nearly 130,000 people “looking death in the eyes” and nearly 50 million facing crisis...
Ethiopia + 6 more
Estimated Total Population: 294 million (World Bank) Acutely Food Insecure Population (high level): 46.3 million (IPC 3+ crisis or worse) Number of Refugees: 4.5 million (UNHCR) Internally Displaced...
Ethiopia + 6 more
The Greater Horn of Africa (GHoA) countries are facing a serious food insecurity crisis due to failed rainy seasons as well as flooding in other areas and various other factors. The ongoing climate...
Türkiye + 6 more
WHO’s special Contingency Fund for Emergencies (CFE) enabled it to immediately start shipping life-saving supplies to Türkiye and the Syrian Arab Republic after a devastating earthquake struck the...
Ethiopia + 6 more
The Impacts of Displacement and Food Insecurity on Displaced Populations A food insecurity crisis is a health crisis, with a last- ing impact on the health of the displaced community. Health risks...
Ethiopia + 6 more
The humanitarian crisis in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHoA) continues as a large part of the region is battling the worst drought in at least 40 years, while other parts face flooding and conflict...
Somalia + 6 more
Brazzaville – Une nouvelle analyse réalisée par l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) montre que le nombre de flambées de maladies et de situations d’urgence sanitaire liées au climat signalées...
Ethiopia + 6 more
•The drought in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHoA) is predicted to continue into the late annual rainy season (Figure 1). For the first time in 40 years, four consecutive seasons of below-normal rains...
Somalia + 6 more
Brazzaville, 3 November 2022 ‒ New analysis by World Health Organization (WHO) has found that the number of reported disease outbreaks and climate-related health emergencies in the greater Horn...
Ethiopia + 6 more
Highlights • With the expectation of a poor rainfall season in late 2022 and prolonged drought, food insecurity and its impacts will increase the burden on the affected communities with already...