07 February 2012

Food Assistance Update

As of 31 January, the eighth round relief food dispatches reached 98 per cent completion, with 98 per cent of relief food dispatched to areas covered by the NGO consortium Joint Emergency Operations (JEOP) and 96 per cent to areas covered by the World Food Programme (WFP) in the Somali Region. Dispatch to areas covered by . . . (Full Download)

Health Update

The final Result of the testing of previously-reported suspected Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) cases in Dollo Ado town (Somali Region) were negative for polio. No new cases of AFP have been identified over the past week. In SNNPR, 176 new cases of measles were reported from Keffa and Gamo Gofa zones in the past week. As was the case in the previous four weeks, the highest number of . . . (Full Download)

WASH Update

Water trucking requirements countrywide stand at 73 trucks, with water trucking needs identified in Afar (15), Amhara (1), Oromia (28), Somali (20) and Tigray (9) regions. Currently, 38 trucks are serving some 126,000 people, leaving a gap of 35 trucks, including in Afar (11), Oromia (17) and Somali (7) regions. In response to recurrent water shortages in these drought-prone areas, the Government and partners . . . (Full Download)

Moyale Update

OCHA deployed a team to Moyale woreda (Oromia) in the last week amid reports that conflict between the Borena and Gabra clans in northern Kenya has displaced tens of thousands of people. (NB: a Moyale woreda exists in both Somali and Oromia regions of Ethiopia, and is also an area in neighbouring northern Kenya.) A rapid assessment in Moyale (Oromia) was undertaken in the opening days of February with DRMFSS, . . . (Full Download)