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This publication presents consolidated 2025 emergency response results under UNICEF’s Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC) appeal, reported by programme sections and implementing partners through 5W and complementary monitoring systems, covering inter-agency HPC crisis regions.
SITUATION OVERVIEW
Cameroon remained affected throughout 2025 by three overlapping and protracted crises: the Lake Chad Basin conflict in the Far North, the North-West and South-West crisis, and the continued presence of Central African Republic refugees in the East. In 2025, an estimated 3.3 million people including 1.7 million children required humanitarian assistance. Insecurity, recurrent lockdowns, and the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) significantly constrained humanitarian access, with 269 documented access incidents during the year in the NW/SW. Displacement remained high, with over 2.2 million forcibly displaced persons nationwide, including about a million IDPs and over 420,000 refugees. Climate-related shocks, particularly flooding in the Far North, further damaged homes, schools, health facilities and WASH infrastructure, compounding protection and public health risks. Humanitarian needs deepened amid funding shortfalls and declining partner presence, reducing the number of people reached compared to 2024. Food insecurity worsened, with 3.1 million people assessed as severely food insecure in late 2025, while acute malnutrition remained at serious levels among displaced children. Concurrent outbreaks of measles, polio (cVDPV2), Mpox and cholera persisted, with measles affecting all 10 regions of Cameroon.
HIGHLIGHTS
• UNICEF reprioritized its response to US$63.1 million, targeting one million people in line with the global humanitarian reset. • Nutrition: 70,963 children with severe wasting were treated, achieving a 92 % cure rate.
• WASH: Installed 20 solar water systems and distributed over 10 million water-purification tablets, providing safe water services to about 194,000 people.
• Health: Vaccinated 10,824 children against measles and pre-positioned 18 acute-diarrhoea kits across 10 districts.
• Education: 52,588 children, 51 % girls accessed formal or non-formal learning opportunities despite conflict and floods.
• Child protection: 201,029 children received protection services (MHPSS, GBV response, case management)
• Social & Behaviour Change (SBC) : Processed 79,657 community feedback through QR-coded tools and reached 128,535 people with essential family-practice messages.
• Protection from Sexual Exploitation & Abuse: Trained 21 SEA investigators (creating a pool of 16 national focal points) and 115 PSEA focal points, strengthening reporting and prevention capacities.
• Humanitarian Cash Transfers (HCT): Provided multi-purpose and anticipatory cash to 4 094 households (1,291 HHs via MPC and 2,803 via anticipatory cash) in flood-prone communities.