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Highlights
The State Government and its partners are continuing their efforts to combat the ongoing cholera outbreak in the BAY states while ensuring the continuity of services and responses to other epidemic-prone diseases such as measles and diphtheria. They are also tracking the planning processes for the Humanitarian Needs Response Plan 2025.
Coordination and Leadership
To facilitate cross-sector collaboration with both health and non-health partners, an Anticipatory Action task force meeting on flood forecasting was held, involving OCHA, Health Wash, Cash Transfer Working Group, NiMet, and other partners. These anticipatory actions aim to manage the recent flood forecast to mitigate its impact on the community in Adamawa.
Joint actions by WASH, Health, CCCM, and Food Security sectors are being taken to further reduce the spread of cholera. This includes increasing control overpopulation movement in and out of IDP camps and improving hygiene related to wet feeding.
Joint field monitoring and supervision were conducted in Gubio IDP camps, the epicentre of the outbreak in Maiduguri Town. This involved the WASH sector, health sector, and SEMA, who assessed needs and gaps and advocated for more local solutions with community engagement. Monitoring and supervision of the NHF implementation project results and beneficiaries in four LGAs in Adamawa and Yobe State to ensure that the supported facilities’ operations, staffing, and health service packages align with project objectives and community needs.
Humanitarian Needs Response Plan 2025
A review of all sector People in Need (PiN) analyses, estimated figures, and LGA level severity was conducted to understand the flags raised by the JIAF 2.0 system. All flags were addressed, and three sectors agreed to re-estimate their PiN and severity.
A review of the health PiN and LGA level severity was also conducted to inform the sector’s target due to the increase in the cholera outbreak in Borno State and the impact of the flood across the BAY states. This process led to increased severity in a few LGAs.