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Nigeria

Nigeria Weekly Humanitarian Situation Report No. 15, 8 - 14 December 2016

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Highlights

• 140,475 children under 5 with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have been admitted to therapeutic feeding programmes with a recovery rate of 86 per cent.

• In 2016, so far, 3.9 million people have been reached with primary health care services through UNICEF-supported, Government-run health centres and clinics in both IDP camps and affected communities.

• With UNICEF support, 720,497 people have access to safe water. Over one million people have access to sanitation facilities as per agreed standards and more than one million people benefitted through hygiene promotion and distribution of hygiene kits/NFI.

• In 2016, psychosocial support through Child Friendly Spaces (CFSs) and child clubs, reached 180,924 children, this includes 77,310 children under the scale up plan.

• With UNICEF’s support, 100,056 children are accessing education through Temporary Learning Spaces and schools, and 181,142 children have benefitted from the provision of learning materials.