Situation Report: Greater Horn of Africa Food Insecurity and Health - Grade 3 Emergency — 1 April 2023 - 30 June 2023

Overview

• Countries in the greater Horn of Africa continued to face extreme weather events including drought and flooding.
• Flooding from March – May 2023 in parts of Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya displaced over 400,000 people, causing hundreds of injuries, 297 deaths, and the disruption of health services.
• Nearly 60 million people in IPC3+ are in a state of crisis characterized by elevated levels of acute food insecurity; a 30% increase compared to the first quarter of 2023. 9.3 million people are in IPC phase 4 and over 83 thousand in IPC phase 5 (South Sudan and Somalia).
• In Sudan, due to the ongoing crisis, it is estimated that 19.1 million people are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity with 3.1 million of them in emergency condition as of June 2023.
• Over 16.8 million people have been displaced due to conflict, drought, and flooding with 12.2 million being internally displaced while 4.6 million are refugees and asylum seekers (as of 30 June 2023). 2.3 million have been displaced due to drought alone in the Horn of Africa.
• Approximately 11.5 million children under five are likely to be acutely malnourished in 2023 with 2.9 million of them requiring treatment for severe acute malnutrition.
• In South Sudan and Kenya, the highest numbers in SAM admissions were recorded over the last 3 years and in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia in the 1st and 2nd quarter of 2023 the highest SAM admissions were reported in comparison with the same period over the last four years.
• Three out of the seven drought-affected countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia) are still experiencing an outbreak of cholera and a significant increase in the number of cases reported in the Mandera Triangle cross-border areas.
• The cholera outbreak in South Sudan was controlled following public health measures including OCV campaign conducted in March 2023 and no new cases have been reported since 1st week of June 2023.
• WHO continues to provide the necessary support on leadership and coordination, surveillance and health information, outbreak prevention and control, essential nutrition actions and health services to all 7 countries in the greater horn of Africa (Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda)