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Malawi: Malawi Monthly SitRep # 5, May 2014

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Source: UN Children's Fund
Country: Malawi
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Highlights

 Due to localized poor crop production, a few districts are expected to face stressed food security outcomes in the 2014/15 consumption year. Plans are under way by the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee to undertake annual assessments to determine the extent of food insecurity. It is expected that results from the assessments will be available by the end of July 2014.

 Towards the end of the just ended rainy season, the northern region continued to experience heavy rains resulting in further flooding mid- May 2014 in Mzimba district with 945 households affected. By the end of the season the total number of households affected by floods in the season reached 40,660 people. An additional 40,780 people experienced damage to their crops and houses by heavy rain and wind storms bringing the total number of people affected to 81,440.

 Services for management of Acute Malnutrition are ongoing in 484 Outpatient Therapeutic (OTP) sites and 86 Nutrition Rehabilitation Units across the 24 districts that were food insecure in the 2013/14 consumption season. An additional 1,572 children were admitted in April 2014 bringing the cumulative number of admissions to 18,740. The April data excludes 7 districts (Chikhwawa, Kasungu, Neno, Nkhatabay, Lilongwe, Phalombe, Mulanje and Mangochi) which were not submitted.

31 May 2014

40,460 people affected by floods

40,780 people experienced damage to their crops and houses by heavy rain and wind storms (Department of Disaster Management Affairs, 25 April 2014)

Funding requirements: US$5,387,313

Funding gap US$2,053,073


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