What is the Humanitarian Profile?
The Darfur Humanitarian Profile is a ‘living document’ that aims to provide as comprehensive an overview as possible of the number and locations of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and other people affected by the recent conflict in Darfur, and a description of the current humanitarian agency presence in Darfur. This monthly report aims to provide the most recent information and data available from the field. Most importantly, however, the Humanitarian Profile aims to clearly outline and analyse the needs and gaps in the following sectors: food, shelter, clean water, sanitation, primary health care facilities, basic drug supplies, secondary health facilities, and EPI (immunisation) as of 1 May 2004. As such it is a benchmark for assessing the overall humanitarian situation in Darfur and the adequacy of the current humanitarian response. It is further being used for contingency/programme planning and for advocacy and resource mobilisation. A necessary caveat however is that protection remains the IDPs foremost priority and lack of security impacts the relief assistance programme throughout the Darfurs.
What does it Contain?
The Humanitarian Profile consists of the following three elements:
1. A narrative overview including charts and maps, overview tables, providing key figures for each Darfur state regarding numbers of IDPs and affected people and gaps in each humanitarian sector. All figures are provided both for the affected population as a whole and for those that are currently accessible by the United Nations;
2. An overview and analysis of humanitarian assistance distribution, access and protection issues for each state;
3. An overall analysis of the humanitarian needs and gaps based on the data provided in the respective state annexes.
What are in the Annexes ?
Annexes for North, South, and West Darfur provide the information on humanitarian gaps in the overview tables and is specified for each individual IDP location in a one-page matrix. This matrix includes further details on current response, pipeline issues, and action points for the specific location.
2008 Darfur Humanitarian Profile