Horn of Africa Crisis Situation Report No. 16

I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES

· The estimated mortality rate for children among the Mogadishu IDP community is 15.43 deaths per 10,000 individuals a day, above the famine threshold of 2 deaths per 10,000 per day.

· A notable decline in crude mortality rate has been reported in the Dollo Ado camps in Ethiopia, from 4-5 deaths to 1.1 deaths per 10,000 persons per day in Kobe.

· Over 5,000 people have been affected by a dengue fever outbreak in Kenya, with cases tested positive in Somalia.

· More than $218 million of new humanitarian aid was pledged at the UN Mini-Summit on the crisis in the Horn of Africa.