UNICEF South Sudan Humanitarian Situation Report #96, 7 - 20 October 2016
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Global Handwashing Day was celebrated on 15 October. UNICEF is supporting the celebration across the country during the month. In Northern Bahr el Ghazal (NBeG), 500 members of 10 school hygiene clubs underwent refresher training in hygiene promotion.
A number of suspected cholera cases and deaths have been reported in Leer and Mayendit, where insecurity has hampered investigation and response. Combined with the fact that 46 per cent of outpatient therapeutic programmes (OTP) for malnutrition are suspended in the areas, children are at critical risk.
An immunization campaign was carried out in Abyei from 10 – 15 October, reaching 21,500 children from six to 59 months (108 per cent of the target). UNICEF supported the treatment of a total of 23,217 malaria cases in NBeG in the past two weeks, including 12,021 children under five.
SITUATION IN NUMBERS
1.69 million People internally displaced since 15 December 2013 (OCHA Humanitarian Snapshot, 28 July 2016)
Over 1 million South Sudanese refugees in neighbouring countries since December 2013 (UNHCR South Sudan Situation Information Sharing Portal, 11 October 2016)
Situation Overview and Humanitarian Needs
The security situation continues to be of concern with skirmishes reported in Unity, Upper Nile and Greater Equatoria, which have displaced hundreds of people into various areas including swamps and the bush. Insecurity is seriously affecting the ability to deliver humanitarian assistance. In Juba, Mingkaman and Nimule, where affected populations have been reached, the cholera outbreak is controlled with only sporadic cases being reported. Meanwhile, in areas with significant access challenges, active conflict or flooding (Leer, Mayendit, Ayod, Fangak and Pigi), there are reports of new cases and deaths for which investigation and response activities are ongoing but severely constrained. NBeG continues to face a food security and nutrition crisis, with the global acute malnutrition (GAM) rates currently more than double the World Health Organization (WHO) emergency threshold (>15 per cent). Other areas, including parts of Unity, are also showing high malnutrition rates.