Assessments

REPORT PRODUCED BY Alexander Kalimbira1 (PhD) Zione Kalumikiza Gertrude Mphwanthe (PhD) Innocent Pangapanga George Bello (PhD) Cacious Phiri EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Background and Setting Since 2015, the Government of Malawi has been commissioning periodic nutrition surveys aimed at informing nutrition responses and programming to mitigate possible…

OVERVIEW On 23 January 2021, Tropical Cyclone Eloise made landfall in central Mozambique, near Beira city. The cyclone brought heavy winds and rains, affecting the provinces of Manica, Sofala, and Zambezia (the same provinces affected by Tropical…

Background As of September 2020, a total of 157,7181 , mostly South Sudanese refugees resided in Kakuma refugee camps (Kakuma 1, Kakuma 2, Kakuma 3 and Kakuma 4 camps). With continued conflict, instability and food insecurity causing…

Background As of September 2020, a total of 39,623, mostly South Sudanese refugees resided in Kalobeyei integrated settlement (Kalobeyei Village 1, Village 2 and Village 3). With continued conflict, instability and food insecurity causing new displacement in…

BACKGROUND As of September 2020, a total of 221,1021, mostly Somali refugees resided in Dadaab refugee complex (Dagahaley, Hagadera and Ifo refugee camps). Since May 2017, REACH has worked in collaboration with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)…

I. Introduction The Kenya Food and Nutrition Security Assessment (FNSA) is a multi-agency, multi-sectoral exercise led by the government of Kenya, and is conducted in 23 arid and semi-arid (ASAL) counties. The assessment is carried out by…

SUMMARY In Somalia, 4.5 million people are still in need of humanitarian Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) support1 after decades of protracted crisis. United Nations agencies, non-governmental organizations, and organizations specialised in assessments collect large amounts of…

Summary of Findings WASH Overall, only 49.3% of all households surveyed reported accessing water from safe improved or semi-improved water points. Household access to treated water is also found to be low. Just over 24% of respondents reported…

CONTEXT The first case of COVID-19 was officially confirmed in Somalia in March. This co-occurred with a large-scale locust invasion and floods; a situation that is predicted to further exacerbate socioeconomic vulnerabilities of the population. Disruption of supply chains…

Introduction The lockdown restrictions in Zimbabwe due to COVID-19 has drastically reduced the number of cross border movements. On average, the numbers crossing through the Mutare main border post has dropped from 400 to 250 persons a…