Somalia has witnessed uninterrupted cholera outbreaks since 2017. As of the end of July, 11,704 suspected cases, with 30 associated deaths, were reported from 28 drought-affected districts.
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Somalia has witnessed uninterrupted cholera outbreaks since 2017. As of the end of July, 11,704 suspected cases, with 30 associated deaths, were reported from 28 drought-affected districts.
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Three years of drought have left over 1.9 million children at risk of dying from severe malnutrition as vulnerable communities have lost cattle, crops, and entire livelihoods.
An estimated 8.25 million people, nearly half the population, need immediate lifesaving assistance. Famine is a strong possibility from April to June and beyond if aid is not sustained.
Conflicts, drought and displacement have put more than 3.6 million children under 5 at risk as their immunities are running dangerously low and vulnerabilities are on the rise with every passing day.
The number of children being treated for the worst form of malnutrition in Baidoa rose more than five-fold this year, according to data collected by agencies, including Save the Children.
Common and preventable diseases like measles and diarrhoea have been leading causes of death among children and widespread water scarcity and food insecurity are causing such diseases to spread fast.
The new allocation will focus on underserved, hard-to-reach areas and complements the $14 million Rapid Response grant from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF).
While needs are increasing, humanitarian partners are forced to scale down essential services, including food aid, health care, and access to clean water due to chronic underfunding.
“Climate-related disasters, conflict and COVID-19 have coalesced into a major humanitarian crisis for millions of people. We can’t keep talking about this, we must reduce suffering now,” said IFRC.
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Highlighted in a publication by WHO and the US CDC, reported measles cases worldwide increased to 869,770 in 2019, the highest number reported since 1996 with increases in all WHO regions.
A joint analysis of WHO and UNICEF country offices shows that by end-June, an estimated 108,000 under-one-year-olds in Somalia might have missed out on their first dose of measles vaccines.
Since the first COVID-19 case was diagnosed, the polio programme has fought it from the ground up. WHO explains: “No other health programme has comparable expertise to serve the Somali population."
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Gavi will help vaccinate up to 45 million children in seven developing countries over the next six months in a series of major vaccination campaigns to help halt a recent surge in global measles cases.
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In 2018, measles cases more than doubled from 2017. While final data for 2019 is not yet available, interim reports indicate that the number of measles cases continues to be dangerously high.
The five-day campaign, running from 24 to 28 November, will target children under the age of five with polio vaccines and children aged six to 59 months with measles vaccines.
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More than one in 10 children – almost 20 million worldwide – failed to receive potentially lifesaving vaccines in 2018, with conflict, displacement and cost cited as obstacles to basic immunization services.
In the past decade, Somali health authorities and WHO worked with partners to strengthen routine immunization, protecting 2.4m children against 8 vaccine-preventable diseases.
With extensive support from Gavi, routine immunization services to children and women are being offered through Somali authorities, WHO, UNICEF and partners.
In Baidoa town alone, about 174,000 people have been affected by flooding. More than half the shelters cannot withstand heavy rains, and many have already been washed away.
WHO, UNICEF, national and local health authorities aim to reach more than 4.7 million children aged from 6 months to 10 years during the overall campaign.