Situation Report: Greater Horn of Africa Food Insecurity and Health - Grade 3 Emergency — 1 January 2023 - 1 February 2023
24 April 2023
| Emergency Situational Updates
Overview
- The Greater Horn of Africa (GHoA) countries have continued to face
serious drought situation due to five failed rainy seasons. Rainfall is
projected to be below-average from March to May.
More than 46 million people in IPC3+ are facing crisis level of food insecurity including 6.7 million IPC Phase 4, and 355 thousand in IPC phase 5. - Over 11.6 million internally displaced persons and 4.5 million
refugees and asylum seekers currently living in the GHoA.
Nearly 2.3M new internally displaced people are reported mainly from Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya due to drought. - 11.9 million children under five years old are likely to face acute malnutrition in 2023 and nearly 2.9 million children der five years old will require SAM treatment in 2023
- There has been a significant increase in admissions of SAM and MAM cases in refugee and IDP sites, especially in Ethiopia and Kenya, in comparison to previous years this period.
- Ongoing cholera outbreaks are reported in three countries (Ethiopia,
Somalia and Kenya) resulting in an increase in morbidities and
mortalities
Ongoing measles outbreaks affect all the seven countries in the region, in response reactive vaccination campaigns are conducted. - The Sudan Virus Ebola outbreak has been declared over in Uganda on 11 January 2023 since new case has been reported for 42 consecutive days
- WHO has continued to provide the necessary support in terms of health sector coordination, technical and financial support as well as the provision of drugs and supplies required to strengthen the surveillance and response measures.
WHO Team
Emergency Operations (EMO),
WHO Headquarters (HQ)