OVERVIEW

The FSNAU integrated nutrition situation analysis in January 2013 had indicated that the emergency levels of malnutrition (GAM 15-30 percent) seen in Bakool Pastoral, Juba riverine, Southern Gedo and Mataban district since Gu 2012 will be sustained. An improvement in other livelihoods from emergency levels (GAM 15-30 percent) levels to crisis levels (GAM 10-14.9 percent) was expected.

Highlights

• United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will visit DRC with stops in Kinshasa and Goma May 22-23, accompanied by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, UN Under-Secretary-General & UNFPA Executive Director, Jordan Ryan, Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR), Herve Ladsous, Head of UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations, and Makhtar Diop, World Bank Vice President for Africa.

This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today’s Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva. Further information can be found on the UNHCR websites, www.unhcr.org and www.unhcr.fr, which should also be checked for regular media updates on non-briefing days.

A cholera epidemic declared by the Niger government on May 11 has left 7 people dead in the west of the country, including 2 Malian refugees.

HIGHLIGHTS:

 MEXICO: Authorities confirm a decrease in activity from the Popocatepetl Volcano - an alert is still in effect.

 PARAGUAY: 1,050 people affected by floods, of which half have received humanitarian assistance.

 PERU: The current cold wave affected 1,022 people; this is expected to increase over the next months.

Homes, food reserves, livestock and crops were damaged or destroyed by the storms, which are unusual at this time of the year. More than 9,000 people need urgent assistance.

Written by Richard Nsubuga

Two suspected cholera cases have been reported in Kasese District as Uganda Red Cross Society intensifies social mobilisation campaign to control the spread. The 1 May floods washed away most water sources and latrines. The very few exisiting water facilities do not have running water.

The suspected patients are admitted at St. Paul Health Centre IV in isolation tents. According Kasese health officials, the two suspected patients are from Saluti B village, Kanyangeya parish and Acholi quarters, Nyakasanga II parish Nyamwamba Division.

The Common Humanitarian Fund allocated $56 million towards emergency preparedness, allowing aid organizations to move stocks to areas difficult to access in the rainy season.

En los exteriores de la Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí (Uleam), un grupo de 12 obreros cortaba ayer por mañana grandes porciones de maleza. Son los matorrales que crecieron entre enero y abril en plena etapa invernal.

En esa vegetación se alojan los insectos transmisores del dengue, dijo José Quijije, vecino del lugar.

Le Représentant de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) au Niger, Dr Assimawè PANA, a procédé le samedi 11 mai 2013 à la remise officielle au Ministre de la Santé publique (MSP), M. Soumana Sanda d’un lot de médicaments, de matériels médicaux et informatiques d’une valeur de 767.753.469 FCFA.