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Madagascar

UNICEF Madagascar Humanitarian Situation Report No. 03 (Mid-Year) June 2024

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Highlights:

  • Findings from the post cyclone GAMANE assessment showed that 164,000 people were deprived of access to safe water in five districts in the regions of Sava and Diana as a result of flooding of the 700 improved and traditional water points.
  • A rapid protection assessment also highlighted increased risks of violence, neglect, and exploitation against children including child marriage following GAMANE.
  • 34,600 people (9,700 women, 7,600 men, 9,000 girls and 8,300 boys) received emergency water and sanitation services in the past 4 months.
  • 57,700 children and 5,966 pregnant women in the worst-affected areas (out of 200,000 targeted) received essential health care.
  • Preliminary results of the IPC Acute Food Insecurity (AFI) analysis of in the south, south-east, north and east of Madagascar in June 2024 indicate tangible but fragile improvement in the population's food security situation in the south.
  • 5,320 children (7,853 girls and 7,467 boys) have been treated for severe acute malnutrition. 50,985 primary caregivers (27,045 girls and 23,940 boys) of children 0-23 months received infant and young child feeding counselling.
  • 110,236 children (59,527 girls and 50,709 boys) have received preventive nutrition services.
  • Approximately 21,998 households benefited from UNICEF multipurpose cash transfer covering health, wash, protection and education support during the reporting period.
  • UNICEF and partners provided community based psychosocial support to 13,038 children and caregivers (4,923 girls, 4,277 boys, 2,600 women, 1,238 men) in the districts affected by GAMANE including 84 persons with disabilities.

Situation Overview and Humanitarian Needs

GAMANE was the first tropical cyclone to hit Madagascar in March 2024. The cyclone made landfall in the commune of Ampisikinana in the northeast on 27 March 2024. On making landfall, the cyclone reduced in strength but brought heavy rains causing widespread flooding in the regions of Diana, Sava and Analanjirofo. The storm system then turned south-east, exiting the country over the extreme south of the Masoala peninsula on the evening of 28 March 2024.The trajectory compounded the impact of flooding, causing widespread disruption.