Highlights:
On 12 August, the Government of Ethiopia launched the revision of the joint Government and partners’ Humanitarian Requirements Document (HRD). The revised HRD estimates that 9.7 million people in Ethiopia will be in need of emergency food assistance until the end of the year. This is a decrease from the 10.2 million people estimated at the beginning of the year. Similarly, the estimated number of children that require treatment for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in 2016 decreased from 458,000 to 420,000.
In response to the Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) outbreak in the country,
UNICEF {through a Project Cooperation Agreement with the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS)}, has reached 718,000 people in Addis Ababa through mass media hygiene education on transmission and prevention of AWD. In total, ERCS is targeting 3.3 million population at risk of AWD in Addis Ababa.With focus on sustainable water systems, the Oromia Regional Water Bureau with UNICEF support, rehabilitated 13 water systems that will benefit a total of 121,500 people with improved access to clean water.
In July, UNICEF provided 68 emergency drug kits and 34 renewable kits to 49 mobile health and nutrition teams that are operating in Afar and Somali regions. Each drug kit enables access to basic health service for three months to an estimated 2,500 people, who are living in remote areas where access to fixed health facilities is difficult.