Highlights
A total of 21,360 new cases of children (10,466 boys and 10,894 girls) with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) have been treated in September in the 466 Community Management of Acute Malnutrition sites
159,143 are from Sahelian states and 11,416 from non-Sahel states
The funding gap of 51% is remaining. The funding shortfall for the sectors beyond nutrition management places constraints on UNICEF integrated response to scale up plans to reach more vulnerable children.
Whilst response to Sahel food and nutrition crisis continues, according to National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) until Oct 11th 2012, the flooding has affected 2,389 communities in 231 Local Government Areas (LGA) and resulted in the displacement of 1,341,179 people and 431 deaths. However, based on the preliminary findings of the Inter Agency Rapid Assessment, over 2.2 million people have been displaced so far. The verification process of these figures is on-going. UNICEF support has so far reached 250,194 IDPs. The funding gap for flood response is estimated at US$ 9 million out of which US$1 million has been pledged.
A total of 432 suspected Cholera cases with no laboratory confirmation and 6 deaths (CFR 1.39%) were reported until Oct 19th 2012. The Nigerian Ministry of Health has established a Health Emergency Taskforce on Flood, in preparedness for any disease outbreak, including cholera. Funding gap is estimated at US$ 300,000.
