Assessments

INTRODUCTION Cash-based interventions have been used by humanitarian organisations in Somalia since 2003. Initially, significant variations in transfer values were implemented by different organisations, occasionally leading to different transfer values in the same locations. It was against…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FAO and UNHCR in Ethiopia are collaborating on a joint project to generate evidence through analysis of the food security, agricultural and livestock livelihoods situations and the needs of refugees and their host communities in…

Overview Given the existing vulnerability of the South Sudanese population and the persisting information gaps, an evidence-based identification of regions prone to COVID-19 outbreaks is urgently needed to inform a targeted humanitarian response. To support an evidence-based…

1. Background The World Health Organization (WHO) Situation report #96 dated 25th of April indicated that nearly 3 million people are infected with COVID19 and the disease has claimed more than 200,000 lives across the globe. Somalia…

Somalia Launches Game-changing Report on Health and Lives of Somalis, including Hard-to-Reach Nomadic Communities MOGADISHU, 30 April 2020 - A new report launched today by Somalia—titled the Somalia Health and Demographic Survey (SHDS) Report 2020—offers the country’s…

INTRODUCTION In March 2019, Cyclone Idai caused the destruction of housing and infrastructure and that left more than 400,000 people displaced, with 160,927 having immediately sought refuge in over 164 temporary accommodation centres. The cyclone contributed to…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) coordinanted the surveys in collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP), International Medical Corps (IMC), Relief International (RI), and AAHI provided support in terms of logistics and nutrition…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY UNHCR and ACROSS carried out the nutrition survey in Gorom refugee camp from 16 to 20 September 2019. The overall aim of this survey was to assess the general nutrition and health status of refugee…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY UNHCR in collaboration with AHA, IRC and WFP carried out the nutrition survey in Pamir and Ajoung Thok refugee camps from 21 to 31 October 2019. Pamir and Ajoung Thok are the official refugee camps…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY UNHCR and WVI carried out a nutrition survey in Makpandu from 7 to 10 October 2019. The overall aim of this survey was to assess the general nutrition and health status of refugee population…