Consolidated Objective Climate Outlook for the March to May 2024 Rainfall Season The IGAD cluster II and III (Marsabit-Borana and Mandera cross-border region) March-April-May (MAM) 2024 seasonal...
Ethiopia + 2 more
Ethiopia + 2 more
Consolidated Objective Climate Outlook for the March to May 2024 Rainfall Season The IGAD cluster II and III (Marsabit-Borana and Mandera cross-border region) March-April-May (MAM) 2024 seasonal...
South Sudan + 3 more
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, concluded his international development mission to the Horn of Africa in South Sudan today. The primary focus of his visit was...
Nigeria + 40 more
Overview This Weekly Bulletin focuses on public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African region. This week’s articles cover: Measles in Mauritania Cholera in the United Republic of Tanzania...
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This paper presents a regional outlook of targeting and prioritisation across Eastern Africa, with a focus on best practices and the potential unintended effects of prioritisation on the food...
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WHO urges investments for the scale up of tuberculosis screening and preventive treatment Ahead of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, which is marked on 24 March, WHO has released an investment case for TB...
Upcoming long rains are expected to further support drought recovery Key Messages In the pastoral areas, Crisis (IPC Phase 3) area-level outcomes are ongoing as households recover from the historic...
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Context Ethiopia is the third largest refugee hosting country inAfrica, home to over 972K refugees and asylum seekers—mainly from South Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea. Following the outbreak of armed...
SITUATION UPDATE Despite increased rainfall in the last quarter of 2023, the number of people experiencing hunger remained high. In the pastoral areas, forage and water resources significantly...
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REGIONAL SITUATION OVERVIEW By the end of 2022, South Sudanese were the fifth largest population of refugees, people in refugee-like situations, and other people in need of international protection ...
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Nairobi, 18 March 2024 -- As European Union (EU) Institutions and Member States meet in Brussels, Belgium this week to discuss today’s most pressing humanitarian crises, the InterAgency Working Group...
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Building climate resilience through community volunteering "In every community on the planet, volunteers are taking action to support the most vulnerable people, including in the midst of conflict...
Malawi + 30 more
Overview Data as of 29 February 2024 In February 2024 (corresponding to the epidemiological weeks from 5 to 8), a total of 37 269 new cholera cases were reported from 20 countries across three WHO...
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KEY MESSAGES ↗International prices of all major cereals declined in February 2024. Ample supplies and strong competition among exporters underpinned a decline in wheat and maize prices. International...
Zambia + 17 more
Overview The cholera outbreak in the WHO African Region has affected 18 countries over the last two years. Five countries are categorized as being in acute crisis (Democratic Republic of the Congo,...
Ethiopia + 10 more
In Eastern Africa, humanitarian needs continued to be driven by severe climate events (droughts and floods), conflicts, disease outbreaks, and economic shocks throughout 2023 and into 2024. These...
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The Greater Horn of Africa¹ faces a convergence of increasingly recurring and intensifying climate crises, mainly drought and flooding, conflicts, disease outbreaks, and economic shocks. These,...
Kenya + 3 more
Recent data indicates that the number of refugees and asylum seekers in the Dadaab and Kakuma internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps has increased to 321,000 and 272,000 respectively. The total...
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HIGHLIGHTS By July 2023, approximately 2.8 million people were food-insecure and in need of humanitarian assistance, down from 4.4 million people in February 2023. The number of children 6 to 59...
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Fetching water is a demanding task, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa where it is common for people to spend over 30 minutes for a single water fetching trip. This task falls mostly on women and...