Poor reporting impacts nutritional response
27 July, 2009 | ReliefWeb
Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (OCHA)
hunger season in the next two to three months. The continued low
reporting rate, delay in supply of Ready-to-Use-Therapeutic Food
(RUTF) down to the kebele level and inadequate monitoring of
emergency interventions are among the outstanding challenges
confronting the sector. In SNNPR, children under treatment in
Therapeutic Feeding Programmes (TFP) increased by 58.4 per cent
from April to May 2009, i.e. from 9,392 cases in treatment to 17,795,
with reporting rates increasing, by 15.4 per cent over the same period.
TFP admissions also increased in Wagehamra, South and North Wollo
zones and new woredas in North Gonder in Amhara Region. In Somali
Region, TFP admission increased in May and June, with Gode zone
reporting a particularly critical situation.
MSF-Belgium is undertaking a rapid assessment in East Imey woreda
(Gode) and plans to provide health and nutrition services. In Amhara
and Oromiya, monitoring plans and implementation modalities are being
developed between Regional Health Bureaus (RHBs), UNICEF and
NGOs. In Amhara Region, where CONCERN, GOAL, MSF-B,
MSFGreece and SC-UK have been commissioned by the RHB to
conduct rapid assessments in hotspot woredas, four of the planned eight
assessments have been concluded, with two additional assessments
underway. In Oromiya Region, Merlin, CONCERN, CARE, IMC GOAL
and Save the Children-US have been assigned to support the roll-out
plan with training, supervision and logistical support. During the first
two weeks of July, UNICEF dispatched 586 MT of RUTF to
malnutrition-affected regions. An additional 890 MT of RUTF is
available in Addis Ababa and 698 MT has been ordered but not yet
received. For more information contact: kmcdonald@unicef.org
Disease Outbreaks
WHO reports that an outbreak of an unconfirmed illness suspected to be
meningitis infected 143 people, with 18 fatalities in two villages in Kelela
woreda, South Wollo zone, Amhara Region, between 4 and 21 July
2009. Although the signs and symptoms of the disease include
headache, fever, neck stiffness, diarrhoea and vomiting – all related to
meningitis – the specific disease has not yet been confirmed. Samples
have been sent to the Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute
for testing. Investigations supported by WHO and NGO partners are in
progress. Save the Children UK provided emergency drug kits to
neighboring Legambo woreda.
During the same reporting period, an outbreak of typhoid fever infected
102 displaced persons, and killed one, in Erob woreda, Tigray Region.
The outbreak has been contained and the communities have returned to
their areas of origin with the onset of the rains.
Meanwhile, according to the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), 579
new cases of acute watery diarrhea (AWD), with 11 deaths (CFR of
1.9%) were reported in 29 woredas across Addis Ababa, Somali,
Oromiya, Harari and SNNP Regions between 6 and 12 July 2009. The
ongoing kiremt rains are expected to further exacerbate the spread of
the disease as the number of unprotected community water sources
increases. Continuing to support the AWD response, UNICEF is
dispatching two CTC kits to Miesso woreda (West Haraghe zone,
Oromiya Region) and additional WASH supplies in East Showa zone
(Oromiya). UNICEF also provided drugs and materials for CTCs to
West Arsi zone. For more information contact: who-wro@et.afro.who.
int & kmcdonald@unicef.org
Food Aid
WFP reports that the Disaster Risk Management Food Security Sector
(DRMFSS) has begun allocating the fourth round of relief food in
Oromiya, Afar, Gambella, Tigray, SNNPR and Somali (Afder and
Liben). Out of the current 5.3 million beneficiaries for relief, 2.3 million
will be covered by the Joint Emergency Operation Programme (JEOP)
and 2.4 million will be covered through WFP/DRMFSS (in priority one
and two areas). Food for the next round of distributions will be available
only if new contributions materialize. The fifth round (sixth for Somali
Region) will address critical and immediate food needs in August, deep
in the hunger season.
Between July and September 2009, WFP is expecting the arrival of
224,618 MT of food, out of which 131,131 MT will be used for loan
repayments to EFSRA and other projects, leaving a balance of about
93,000 MT for all operations, including food for the relief programme.
At present, one ship is being off-loaded in Berbera port
(Somalia/Somaliland), while another ship carrying 24,501 MT of wheat
is expected to arrive in Port Sudan on 25 July 2009. As of 19 July, WFP
stocks in Djibouti stood at 133 MT of assorted food commodities, while
a third ship carrying 56,750 MT of wheat is expected to arrive in early
August. For more information contact: wfp.addisababa@wfp.org &
mulunehw@dppc.gov.et
CERF Allocates $6 Million to Ethiopia
The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has
allocated $6 million to Ethiopia from the underfunded window. The
allocation represents the second allotment for Ethiopia in 2009. The
funds will be allocated towards the most critical sectors including food
aid, health and nutrition, water and sanitation and agriculture and
livestock. The CERF funds earmarked for Ethiopia are part of some $55
million in allocations made to support underfunded programmes in
emergency situations around the world.
For more information contact: ocha-eth@un.org
Courtesy
27 July, 2009 | ReliefWeb
Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (OCHA)
- Admissions to therapeutic
feeding programmes (TFPs)
continue to increase in parts
of Somali, Oromiya, Amhara
and SNNPR, with the
increase in Out-patient
Therapeutic Programme
(OTP) sites and worsening
food security cited as among
the causes for the enhanced
hunger season in the next two to three months. The continued low
reporting rate, delay in supply of Ready-to-Use-Therapeutic Food
(RUTF) down to the kebele level and inadequate monitoring of
emergency interventions are among the outstanding challenges
confronting the sector. In SNNPR, children under treatment in
Therapeutic Feeding Programmes (TFP) increased by 58.4 per cent
from April to May 2009, i.e. from 9,392 cases in treatment to 17,795,
with reporting rates increasing, by 15.4 per cent over the same period.
TFP admissions also increased in Wagehamra, South and North Wollo
zones and new woredas in North Gonder in Amhara Region. In Somali
Region, TFP admission increased in May and June, with Gode zone
reporting a particularly critical situation.
MSF-Belgium is undertaking a rapid assessment in East Imey woreda
(Gode) and plans to provide health and nutrition services. In Amhara
and Oromiya, monitoring plans and implementation modalities are being
developed between Regional Health Bureaus (RHBs), UNICEF and
NGOs. In Amhara Region, where CONCERN, GOAL, MSF-B,
MSFGreece and SC-UK have been commissioned by the RHB to
conduct rapid assessments in hotspot woredas, four of the planned eight
assessments have been concluded, with two additional assessments
underway. In Oromiya Region, Merlin, CONCERN, CARE, IMC GOAL
and Save the Children-US have been assigned to support the roll-out
plan with training, supervision and logistical support. During the first
two weeks of July, UNICEF dispatched 586 MT of RUTF to
malnutrition-affected regions. An additional 890 MT of RUTF is
available in Addis Ababa and 698 MT has been ordered but not yet
received. For more information contact: kmcdonald@unicef.org
Disease Outbreaks
WHO reports that an outbreak of an unconfirmed illness suspected to be
meningitis infected 143 people, with 18 fatalities in two villages in Kelela
woreda, South Wollo zone, Amhara Region, between 4 and 21 July
2009. Although the signs and symptoms of the disease include
headache, fever, neck stiffness, diarrhoea and vomiting – all related to
meningitis – the specific disease has not yet been confirmed. Samples
have been sent to the Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute
for testing. Investigations supported by WHO and NGO partners are in
progress. Save the Children UK provided emergency drug kits to
neighboring Legambo woreda.
During the same reporting period, an outbreak of typhoid fever infected
102 displaced persons, and killed one, in Erob woreda, Tigray Region.
The outbreak has been contained and the communities have returned to
their areas of origin with the onset of the rains.
Meanwhile, according to the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), 579
new cases of acute watery diarrhea (AWD), with 11 deaths (CFR of
1.9%) were reported in 29 woredas across Addis Ababa, Somali,
Oromiya, Harari and SNNP Regions between 6 and 12 July 2009. The
ongoing kiremt rains are expected to further exacerbate the spread of
the disease as the number of unprotected community water sources
increases. Continuing to support the AWD response, UNICEF is
dispatching two CTC kits to Miesso woreda (West Haraghe zone,
Oromiya Region) and additional WASH supplies in East Showa zone
(Oromiya). UNICEF also provided drugs and materials for CTCs to
West Arsi zone. For more information contact: who-wro@et.afro.who.
int & kmcdonald@unicef.org
Food Aid
WFP reports that the Disaster Risk Management Food Security Sector
(DRMFSS) has begun allocating the fourth round of relief food in
Oromiya, Afar, Gambella, Tigray, SNNPR and Somali (Afder and
Liben). Out of the current 5.3 million beneficiaries for relief, 2.3 million
will be covered by the Joint Emergency Operation Programme (JEOP)
and 2.4 million will be covered through WFP/DRMFSS (in priority one
and two areas). Food for the next round of distributions will be available
only if new contributions materialize. The fifth round (sixth for Somali
Region) will address critical and immediate food needs in August, deep
in the hunger season.
Between July and September 2009, WFP is expecting the arrival of
224,618 MT of food, out of which 131,131 MT will be used for loan
repayments to EFSRA and other projects, leaving a balance of about
93,000 MT for all operations, including food for the relief programme.
At present, one ship is being off-loaded in Berbera port
(Somalia/Somaliland), while another ship carrying 24,501 MT of wheat
is expected to arrive in Port Sudan on 25 July 2009. As of 19 July, WFP
stocks in Djibouti stood at 133 MT of assorted food commodities, while
a third ship carrying 56,750 MT of wheat is expected to arrive in early
August. For more information contact: wfp.addisababa@wfp.org &
mulunehw@dppc.gov.et
CERF Allocates $6 Million to Ethiopia
The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has
allocated $6 million to Ethiopia from the underfunded window. The
allocation represents the second allotment for Ethiopia in 2009. The
funds will be allocated towards the most critical sectors including food
aid, health and nutrition, water and sanitation and agriculture and
livestock. The CERF funds earmarked for Ethiopia are part of some $55
million in allocations made to support underfunded programmes in
emergency situations around the world.
For more information contact: ocha-eth@un.org
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