HIGHLIGHTS

 Favorable 2013 long rains improve food security outlook through September

 Seasonal flooding affects more than 100,000 people across Kenya

 U.S. Government (USG) commits $85.5 million for relief activities in Kenya

Under any circumstances, it’s not an easy task traveling along muddy rainforest tracks by motorbike and crossing swollen rivers by dugout canoe. Now imagine doing it while carrying a refrigerator. This is exactly what UK native and Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) project coordinator Will Turner and his team will be doing for the next month as they mount an expedition to test 40,000 people in remote villages of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis).

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK:

 Over 73,200 refugees received World Food Programme (WFP) food vouchers;

 Over 65,000 refugess received clothes vouchers, blankets, quilts, kitchen sets, matresses, recreation kits for children and other household items;

 more than 56,000 refugees benefited from 10,559 hygiene kits as well as over 3,665 baby kits;

 Over 4,000 refugees received primary health care services

 740 patients were admitted to hospitals nationwide;

 4,750 Syrians were reported to have arrived in Lebanon this week;

Plus de quarante-cinq personnes, qui travaillent dans le secteur de la santé et pour le compte du gouvernement provincial, ont pris part à un séminaire-atelier sur la politique d’approvisionnement des médicaments essentiels à Goma (Nord-Kivu), le 22 mai dernier. Cette rencontre avait pour but de réfléchir sur les mécanismes de la mise en place d’une bonne politique d’approvisionnement en médicaments essentiels dans cette contrée du pays.

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.

UNRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi visited Syria on 21-23 May to see first-hand the impact of conflict and displacement on Palestine refugees and to provide his personal support and encouragement for UNRWA’s operations. Mr. Grandi met with Syrian Government officials and reinforced his message to Palestinians to preserve their neutrality and to keep out of the conflict.

(Bamako, 24 mai 2013) : Les personnes touchées par l’insécurité alimentaire au Mali sont estimées à environ 3,5 millions dont 1,4 million en besoin d’assistance immédiate selon des analyses publiées en mai. Ces nouveaux chiffres montrent une détérioration de la situation comparativement au début de l’année quand 2 millions de personnes étaient touchées par l’insécurité alimentaire dont 747 000 en besoin d’assistance immédiate. Depuis janvier, les acteurs humanitaires ont assisté près de 500 000 personnes touchées par l’insécurité alimentaire.

Syria - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #16, Fiscal Year (FY) 2013