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.
Total deaths are projected at up to 34,200 in the first half of 2023, suggesting that, although famine has been averted for now, the crisis is far from over and is already more severe than in 2017-18.
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It is estimated that more than 46 million people in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda are in Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Phase 3 or above.
Experts believe the situation is getting worse and that the international community should pay greater attention by extending their support to avoid a calamity and repeat of the 2011-2012 famine.
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.
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Since the last Every Woman Every Child Progress Report in 2020, food insecurity, hunger, child marriage, risks from intimate partner violence, and adolescent depression and anxiety have all increased.
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More than 80 million people in the region are estimated to be food insecure, with upwards of 37.5 million people classified as being in IPC phase 3, due to conflict, changes in climate and COVID-19.
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As malnutrition increases, health needs in the region are mounting, especially among children, and clean water is becoming scarce. As people leave home in search of food, they can't access services.
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With at least 100 health emergencies per year in Africa, ranging from disease outbreaks to natural or human-made disasters, health emergency partners are rallying to reform the response architecture.
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.
Amidst a drought emergency, 83 per cent of the 23,002 suspected measles cases were children under 10 years of age. The vaccination campaign will reach over 5 million children.
WHO urgently requires US$ 6.8 million to scale up its response activities in Somalia and conduct a measles immunization campaign for 4.2 million children in November 2017.
WHO, UNICEF and national health authorities will launch a nation-wide measles campaign targeting 4.2 million children in November 2017, which requires US$14 million.
Launched by the Government with the support of WHO, the campaign comes at a critical time after Somalia announced the ongoing drought as a national disaster and faces the possibility of another famine.
Drought conditions have increased the spread of epidemic-prone diseases such as acute watery diarrhoea, cholera and measles. In the first 7 weeks of 2017, over 6,000 cases and 65 deaths by AWD/cholera have been reported.
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Severe drought, flooding, heavy rains and temperature rises are all known effects of El Niño that can lead to food insecurity and malnutrition, disease outbreaks, acute water shortages, and disruption of health services.