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Highlights
- The food security situation has improved, reducing the number of people facing acute food insecurity and in urgent need of humanitarian assistance from 2.8 million in July 2023 to 2 million in February 2024 (28 per cent reduction).
- The number of children 6 to 59 months requiring treatment for acute malnutrition has slightly reduced from 945,609 reported in July 2023 to 847,932 in February 2024 (10 per cent reduction).
- 195,103 children are severely acutely malnourished and requiring immediate life-saving treatment, a 10 per cent reduction from 216,794 children in July 2023.
- The March to May 2024 'long rains' brought floods in 43 out of the 47 counties (91 per cent of the country), and the fourth wave of the Cholera outbreak.
- An estimated 306,522 people (61,304 households) were affected by floods, including 293,205 displaced people (58,641 households) and 315people (242 adults and 73 children) killed as of 24 June 2024.
- 86 cholera cases with two deaths were reported by 24 June 2024. Children are the most affected by cholera, with 27.9 per cent of the cases being between 0 and 4 years of age.
- 145,724 people, (36,439 girls, 34,993 boys, 41,735 women and 32,557 men) have been reached with critical lifesaving integrated outreach services.
- 61,791 children (31,520 girls and 30,271 boys) of 6 to 59 months, have been admitted for treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM)
- 245,915 people (55,332 girls, 52,733 boys, 71,735 women, and 66,115 men), have been reached with access to safe water.
- 21,900 households have received monthly humanitarian cash transfers, USD 15.8 million has been received against the HAC 2024, leaving a funding gap of USD 28.9million (65 per cent) against the US$$44.7 million.