South Sudan: Measles Outbreak - Sep 2013 Updates

Joseph James Valadez1, http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7000-868XSima Berendes1, Jackline Odhiambo1, William Vargas1, Baburam Devkota1, Richard Lako2, Caroline Jeffery1 Abstract Introduction Is achievement...

Monica RullEmail authorView ORCID ID profile, Sophie Masson, Nicolas Peyraud, Marco Simonelli, Alexandre Ventura, Claire Dorion, Francisco J. Luquero, Florent Uzzeni and Iza Cigleneki Conflict and...

Dying From Attacks, Hunger, Disease (Nairobi, May 7, 2015) – The Sudanese government’s persistent indiscriminate air attacks in the Nuba Mountains area of Southern Kordofan are killing and maiming...

Highlights: According to the Humanitarian Requirement Document released in March, 2.9 million people in Ethiopia require emergency food assistance in 2015. The food security situation has stabilized...

Highlights • Following the release of 654 children formerly associated with the Cobra Faction in Lekuangole, part of the Greater Pibor Administrative Area, the total number of released children is...

1. Executive Summary The Kenya refugee operation is often cited as an example of a protracted refugee situation with traditional refugee camps in place for the past 20 or so years. In the last four...

Highlights Forced recruitment and other grave child violations continue. Last week, 89 children were forcibly recruited from Wau Shiluk, however, it is believed that the number may be much higher...

Highlights The release of children associated with the Cobra Faction is continuing, with a further 298 children released during this reporting period (all boys). UNICEF and partners are supporting...

Summary: The internal conflict that started in the capital city of Juba in South Sudan on 15 December 2013 rapidly spread to other parts of the country. The conflict created long term humanitarian...

2014 in review Médecins Sans Frontières’ teams were quick to respond to people’s needs in South Sudan after the onset of fighting in Juba in December 2013. The organization immediately started...

KEY FIGURES 44,953 Asylum seekers since influx began in December 2013. 2,719 UAMS in Kakuma Camp. 11 SGBV cases reported in the past week. 18 Litres of water provided per person per day in Kakuma. ...

Highlights • An estimated 3,000 children associated with the Cobra Faction are being released in Greater Pibor following a peace agreement between the Government of South Sudan and the leader of the...

HIGHLIGHTS As at 21st January 2015, Kakuma had received 44,953 asylum seekers from South Sudan. This brings the camp population to 179,714. As at 17th January, 178,977 refugees had been registered by...

HIGHLIGHTS As at 15th January 2015, Kakuma had received 44,791 asylum seekers from South Sudan. This brings the camp population to 179,552. As at 11th January, 178,230 refugees had been registered by...

HIGHLIGHTS Domestic violence remains most highly reported as indicated in the recently released quarterly SGBV trend analysis (46 incidents out of 69) across all camps in Upper Nile. A high number of...

Highlights • The social mobilization and mass screening exercise has been on-going for three weeks in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, a high burden state. A total of 22,022 children under five have been...

General Overview Completeness for weekly reporting in week 51 of 2014 was 96% compared to 100% for the corresponding week of 2013. Malaria, ARI, AWD, ABD, and suspect measles are the top causes of...

Highlights 1.5 million people have been internally displaced within South Sudan since December 2013. As 2014 ended, the humanitarian appeal was 75 per cent funded. 1.8 million children and...

Special points of interest: o WES and Lakes had the highest completeness and timeliness respectively this epi-week 49. o Total consultations reached 68,966 with 26,696 under 5 years and mortality of...

Highlights In 2014, with the generous support of our donors, UNICEF and partners have reached 880,000 conflict-affected children with essential, life-saving services. In 2015, UNICEF will appeal for...