Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Ethiopia, South Sudan
Key Events
The onset of the gu rains in Somali region significantly reduced water shortages. Water trucking requests decreased from 34 to nine trucks in one week.
As of 19 March, more than 75,700 South Sudanese asylum seekers arrived in Gambella region, the majority (95 per cent) were women and children.
As of 19 March, 28 per cent of the 2014 relief food requirements were funded. Resource shortfalls are expected from the third round.
Nationally, admissions of severely malnourished (SAM) children to Therapeutic Feeding Program sites (TFP) decreased by 17.4 per cent from December 2013 to January 2014.