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El Niño: Impact and Priorities for Action

Rome, 17 March 2016

Overall Impact and Response

• Pre-existing vulnerabilities compounded by El Nino-induced

drought and torrential flooding.

• Impact on women and children beyond nutrition and

WASH

• UNICEF’s support focused on a multi-sectoral response

Nutrition and WASH in Eastern and Southern Africa

Trends in SAM admissions in Eastern and Southern Africa (2013-15)

790,264 842,829 894,811 1,100,000

2013 2014 2015 TARGET for SAM in 2016

1 mi mill llio ion n chil ildren dren

targeted for SAM treatment in ESA in 2016

Kenya nya 56,0 ,000 Eritre rea 13,0 ,000 Ethiopia pia 435,0 ,000 Somali lia 108,8 ,800 Mala lawi i 65,0 ,000 Madaga gasca scar 29,0 ,000 Zimbabw bwe2 5,800 Leso soth tho2

• 2,

400 Angola la 37,8 ,800 Zambia ia 19,8 ,800 Tanzania ia 25,0 ,000 Mozambi bique que 72,0 ,000

Nutrition and WASH in Eastern and Southern Africa

Scaling up Nutrition Programming in line with government response plans

• Prioritizing improved data management systems
• Scaled up treatment of children u5 with SAM
• Promote and support appropriate infant and young child

feeding practices

• Supporting blanket supplementary feeding in Eritrea and

Angola where WFP is not present.

• Promoting micronutrient supplementation

Nutrition and WASH in Eastern and Southern Africa

Nutrition Response Priorities

Angola

800,000

Lesotho

267,000

Swaziland

320,000 Zimbabwe 4.9 million

Malawi

400,000 Madagascar 800,000

Kenya

500,000

Ethiopia 5.8 million Eritrea 60,000 Somalia

2.8 million

Nutrition and WASH in Eastern and Southern Africa

16.6 .6 mil illi lion

• n

People in Need

• f Water,

Sanitation & Hygiene Response in ESA

Access to safe and adequate water supply

• Rehabilitation of rural water systems and/or establishment of new

water sources;

• Provision of WASH supplies including water treatment and jerry

cans WASH in Schools and Institutions

• Adequate and safe water available on school grounds and in health

clinics;

• Alternative sanitary and hygiene facilities and adequate supply of

hygiene kits and soap available;

• WASH education and awareness raising sessions conducted in

schools, clinics and throughout communities; Prevention & treatment of water-borne diseases, incl. cholera

• Provision of potable water supply, hygiene and sanitation facilities

and supplies for the affected population.

• Support to Cholera Treatment Centres

Nutrition and WASH in Eastern and Southern Africa

WASH Response Priorities

Nutrition and WASH in Latin America and the Caribbean

Peru

23,000

Hondura s

1.4 million

El Salvador

825,000

Argentina 30,000 Paraguay

94,000

Uruguay

23,000

Bolivia

30,000

Guatemal a

1.3 million

Haiti

3.6 million

Brazil

225,000

Nutrition and WASH in Latin America and the Caribbean

7.5 .5 mi mill llio ion

Estimated People in Need

• f Humanitarian

Assistance in LAC

Nutrition and WASH in the East Asia and Pacific Region

Cambodi a 486,000 Fiji 350,000 Timor Leste 400,000 Papua New Guinea 2.7 million Mongolia 225,800 Marshall Islands 15,500

Nutrition and WASH in East Asia and Pacific

5.2 .2 mi mill llio ion

Estimated People in Need

• f Humanitarian

Assistance in EAP

Viet Nam 976,000

• Children receive the emergency therapeutic food and milk

they need to survive

• Basic health supplies, including vaccines, reach children
• Children have access to safe water
• The most vulnerable households receive food or cash

transfers to prevent children from child labor or begging

• Children can continue with their schooling in drought or flood

affected areas

Summary of UNICEF’s Response

The Way Forward

• Malnutrition and WASH concerns are

gripping across the regions

• Multi-sectoral, integrated response is

required.

• Focus on data-driven decision making.
• Reinforce national and local systems to

preserve development gains.

• Address the staggering funding gap.