Source: UN Children's Fund
Country: Mali, Mauritania
Highlights
- Mauritania is the single largest recipient of refugees fleeing the conflict in Mali. 75,019 refugees are living in the Mbéra camp, including 20,815 new arrivals in 2013.*
- 57% of the refugees are children and many have been in the camp for over a year, resulting in overlapping emergency and medium term needs.
- Refugee children face a range of threats to their health, nutrition, education and family lives.
Many have experienced severe trauma and are suffering from malnutrition and need specialised attention and care. - UNICEF, in coordination with UNHCR and partners, are providing education in the camp for 6,635 children in six schools, psychosocial stimulation for 1,028 children at four child friendly spaces and since 2012, 1,434 children have been treated for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM).
- More resources are needed to fill gaps, including 19,510 children not getting an education.
- In 2013, the expected caseload of Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) for the entire country is 122,719 children under five years, including 23,901 cases of SAM. Nationally, GAM prevalence is currently 5.6% and expected to increase significantly in the summer.
- Preventative blanket feeding and programmes to build longer term resilience are all being planned and implemented.
- A multi-sectorial package of services is being scaled up from 291 to all 488 nutrition centres in the country.