Report
UNICEF Ethiopia Humanitarian Situation Report
Includes results from Tigray Response
Highlights
- In the past three months, UNICEF has reached a total of 1,583,723 people with safe water supply for personal use through the rehabilitation of non-functional water systems, water treatment, and water trucking throughout the country. Of these, 641,976 people have been reached in Tigray Region.
- Some 38,758 in people in Tigray were reached through the 22 active Mobile Health and Nutrition Teams (MHNTs), out of whom 11,594 were children who received medical consultations, nutrition services, and immunization.
- Since the beginning of its response in Tigray, UNICEF has delivered 1,093.4 metric tons of multi-sectoral supplies to nine partners (including regional bureaus) with a total value of US$2.5 million.
- In February, 34,883 new cases of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) were admitted for treatment throughout the country. Out of these, 48 per cent were in Oromia, 26.7 percent in Somali, and 4.3 per cent in Tigray. The cure rate was 90.9 per cent, death rate was 0.2 per cent and defaulter rate was 1.85 per cent. The rest were medical transfers or non-respondent children.
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