Highlights
· The number of new Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) admissions from January to end of April 2013 amounts 18,014 children, representing 15% of the annual target. The number is slightly low because in May Burkina Faso central level Nutritional Directorate received only 13% of April nutritional statistics from district and regional SAM treatment health centres.
· To date, 49,975 Malian refugees are registered in Burkina Faso; 54.3% of them are children between 0-17 years of age.
· The school enrolment coverage in refugee camps increased in May 2013 from 26.8% to 32.1%. UNICEF, Government of Burkina Faso and humanitarian partners work closely together to improve schooling conditions and to make schools a friendly place for children.
· In Child Protection, UNICEF and partners started to extend humanitarian response to integrated and holistic service provision for physically and mentally disabled children
· As of May 2013, no meningitis and no cholera cases were reported from refugee camps. Out of a total of 2,448 reported cases of measles with 8 deaths in the country, 860 cases and 3 deaths were recorded in Dori, Gorom Gorom, Sebba and Djibo districts in the Sahel region. UNICEF continues to support the Government in Expanded Program on Immunization for all children including refugees and children affected by the nutritional crisis.