HIGHLIGHTS
- 26,899 children under 5, including 12,969 cases of malaria, 5,292 cases of diarrhea, and 8,638 cases of pneumonia across the six most humanitarian crisis-affected regions, were provided with curative services. Additionally, 3,733 mother-newborn pairs were provided with healthcare services at home by Community based Health Workers (CBHWs).
- 11,770 children (6,120 girls and 5,650 boys) suffering from severe acute malnutrition were treated nationwide. 55% of them were treated in the six emergency regions, including 9,077 through adapted approaches using the trained community health workers in the Sahel, Est and Centre-Nord regions.
- Life-saving commodities were used to treat 4,032 children under five suffering from acute malnutrition. To this end, 3,628 boxes of RUTF and 50 cartons of therapeutic milk (F75 and F100) were transported by humanitarian aircraft (UNHAS) and local partners/vendors from Ouagadougou to Bogande, Gayéri, Fada, Manni and Matiacoali, three hard-to-reach areas in the Eastern region.
- 17,883 people, including 16,627 children (9,238 girls and 7,389 boys) and 1,256 caregivers (796 women), have received community-based psychosocial support services.
- 34,979 people, including 20,489 children, gained access to safe water through the repair of 13 water points and water trucking in Boulsa, Pissila, and Djibo in the Centre-Nord and Sahel regions. UNICEF supplied 2,600 cubic meters of safe water to around 17,500 people, including 10,192 children, in IDP sites and healthcare facilities, particularly in Pissila and Djibo communes.
SITUATION OVERVIEW AND HUMANITARIAN NEEDS
During September, escalating trends of armed conflict and criminality events continued to be observed mainly in Boucle du Mouhoun, Sahel, Center Nord, and Est regions with a relatively lower frequency compared to previous periods. The number of armed attacks has dropped by around 50%. In August, roughly 130 incidents were recorded in comparison to around 85 incidents in September with fewer incidents of armed incursions, improvised explosive devices, and kidnapping.
Despite the decline, the security context continued to have a direct impact the local population, the Forces of Defense and Security (FDS) and Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (VDP) positions, and humanitarian actors. Most notably, the armed attack on 11 September, where two armed perpetrators targeted a humanitarian convoy with small arms while passing through the district of Wendou, to the west of the city of Dori.
A significant number of civilian casualties through murder, assassinations and kidnappings are reported as well as imposed taxes to local inhabitants mainly in Sahel and Est regions. In addition to human and material loss, the ongoing dynamics are generating waves of civilian displacements to relatively safer areas across the country.
Several bridges were destroyed in the Komondjari region, hampering food supplies to Gayeri. The provinces of Komondjari, Gnagna, Tapoa, Kompienga and some Gourma villages in the Eastern Region remain inaccessible except by UNHAS flights or supply convoys.
In the Sahel region, Djibo have been the target of several armed attacks with loss of life. These attacks have led to the displacement of populations. Noting that Djibo remains cut off from the rest of the cities in the Sahel region and other regions; it can only be accessed by UNHAS or escorted convoy. The repeated attacks in September have led several humanitarian organizations to temporarily scale back their activities due to security concerns. Additionally, just weeks before the start of the school year, a widespread sense of fear was hindering the reopening of classes.
In Centre Nord, the commune of Pissila, population displacements continue to be regularly reported. At the same time, while a relative lull continues to be reported in the locality of Barsalogho (after the attack of 24 August which had cost the lives of civilians), local sources reported the presence of a large number of armed groups on 16 September in the Barsalogho-Pensa axis, raising fears of the risk of attacks on the locality of Tougouri and the surrounding area.