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64 997
Houses destroyed
*as per Initial Rapid Assessment by NRS

336 695
Families affected
*as per Initial Rapid Assessment by NRCS

91396
Families temporarily displaced
*as per Initial Rapid Assessment by NRCS

160
Dead
*as per MoHA

29
Missing
*as per MoHA

46
Injured
*as per MoHA

• Heavy rainfall that started from 11 August 2017 Friday has resulted in floods and landslides affecting 36 districts across the country

• Affected public health facilities: 39 public hospitals, 109 primary health care centres and 1,554 health posts. 10 of them: fully damaged and 64: partially damaged while others were inundated for a couple of days.

Situation update

• Humanitarian and health response activities were initiated immediately following the floods.

• Access to affected populations still remains an issue as some major transportation routes are damaged due to floods and landslides.

• Health Cluster has been activated and working in coordination with Ministry of Health (MoH) at central level and with the District Disaster Relief Committees (DDRCs) and District Public Health Offices at district levels.

• 36 districts’ Rapid Response Teams (RRT) and 5 Regional RRTs have been mobilized

• Health cluster meetings were conducted on 14, 15, 17, 21, 25 and 30 August.

• No significant outbreak-prone cases have been reported

• Daily situation updates have been produced by MoH.