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Mauritania: UNICEF Mauritania Monthly Situation Report - January 2014

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Source: UN Children's Fund
Country: Mali, Mauritania
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Highlights

  • This Situation Report summarises results of UNICEF’s humanitarian programmes in 2013.

  • $13,494,880 of the required $20,222,932 was received to respond to the humanitarian needs of children in Mauritania in 2013. This was 67% of total requirement to save the lives of children affected by the Malian refugee crisis and by malnutrition.*

Malian refugee crisis response

  • Mauritania hosts more refugees fleeing the conflict in Mali than any other country affected by the crisis with 66,392 refugees** living in the Mbéra camp. 56% of the refugees are children.

  • In 2013, together with UNHCR, the Government and other partners, UNICEF provided:

o 6,649 children (49% girls) with formal and non-formal education
o around 5,000 children psychosocial stimulation
o 4,233 children with treatment for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)
o 30,000 refugees with improved water treatment and hygiene

  • UNICEF is helping to reinforce basic services for the vulnerable communities hosting the refugees, including malnutrition treatment, education, health and WASH.

Malnutrition response

  • In 2013, more than 16,000 children under five suffering SAM (67% of the 2013 target) were admitted for treatment. Active screening and referral of malnutrition cases as well as mobiles clinics were used to increase programme coverage and collect missing data.

  • Blanket feeding and ‘WASH in Nut’ programmes to prevent malnutrition were implemented alongside life-saving nutrition interventions providing therapeutic food and medicines.

  • The estimated caseload for 2014 is 125,263 children with GAM, including 30,741 children with SAM. This is an increase of more than 25% from 2013.


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