ReliefWeb

Highlights

▪ 7.8 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in Somalia

▪ So far 1 million people have been displaced by the drought

▪ At least 1.5 million of children below 5 years are suffering from acute malnutrition with more than 385,000 children at risk of dying without immediate care.

▪ The number of new suspected cases of cholera have increased sharply in 2022 compared to the previous years due to an increasing number of people with limited access to safe water and safe sanitation practice especially in Internally Displaced People (IDP) camps

▪ The number of suspected cases of measles have increased in 2022 compared to the previous years.
This surge in cases is linked to a decrease in measles vaccination coverage of children below five years of age in drought affected districts

▪ Health cluster partners have so far scale up response in the most drought affected areas/ districts through deployment of rapid response team and IERT. Health cluster partners are doing joint integrated response in most of the drought affected districts.

▪ Health cluster is facing funding gaps of up 41.3 % to respond to the health needs in some of the affected districts.