Attachments
Highlights
• The Nigeria Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) 2018 was launched on February 8th to serve as the annual plan for the humanitarian community’s programming in the 3 most crisis-affected States in North East Nigeria.
• More than 1,634,000 people remain internally displaced across the three north eastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, according to IOM DTM Round XXI (February 2018). This represents a 4.6% increase to the December round. Eight out of ten IDPs are in Borno state.
• As of February 28th, WASH sector partners reported 794 cases of Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) in northern Borno state (Kukawa LGA). Laboratory tests carried out confirmed some of the cases as cholera.
• With 60%funding gap, health, WASH, and child protection remain the most critically underfunded sectors.
Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs
More than 1.634.000 people remain internally displaced across the three north eastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, of whom 83.5% are in Borno1 . This represents an increase of 4.6% since December 2017, due to both improved access to Konduga LGA (Tungushe ward) and new arrivals from areas experiencing conflict. The Borno State capital Maiduguri, however, recorded a decrease in new arrivals, highlighting that returns to areas of origin continues where security permits.
In order to meet new humanitarian needs, the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF) has released a reserve allocation of $8.9 million for interventions focused on the Monguno and Pulka axes. The increase in new arrivals continues to put pressure on the delivery of humanitarian services in the IDP settlements in terms of shelter, NFIs, health and nutrition, provision of food and access to water and sanitation. Water shortages in Pulka remain a cause for concern, and are predicted to worsen due to the recent and ongoing increase in the population. Humanitarian actors continue to advocate with the Nigerian security forces on the possibility of drilling outside of the security perimeter to relieve the pressure on the town.
Humanitarian actors are also preparing for the possibility of new arrivals from Marte LGA and areas around Gudumbali, where Nigerian Security Forces have announced planned military operations. Responses to meet the needs of these populations (47,000 and 135,000, respectively, of which approximately half are estimated to displace if hostilities take place) are likely to require additional resources.
On February 19, an attack on a Girls Science Secondary School in Dapchi, Yobe State, resulted in the abduction of more than 100 girls. UNICEF provided psychosocial support to the children who escaped the abduction.
As of February 28, WASH sector partners reported a total 794 cases of Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) in Kukawa LGA.
Laboratory tests confirmed some of these to be cholera. Lack of access to safe drinking water has been identified as the key problem. An integrated cholera response is ongoing, with strong support from the UNICEF WASH, health, education and Communication for Development (C4D) sections, in collaboration with partners. Additionally, within the reporting period, a Hepatitis E outbreak was reported in Rann (Kala-Balge LGA) on February 1. By February 15, a total of 31 cases had been reported in the LGA.