tailieunhanh - Somalia Emergency Health Update

There has been very little funding to support nutrition both from the public and partners and very limited civil society activism and advocacy on maternal, infant and young child nutrition issues. Recommendations: MOH and civil society should continue to advocate for more funds to support implementation of the National MIYCN strategy. There is need for local and international advocates to give technical and financial support Kenya to operationalize her National Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition Strategy | Compared with last week a 33 increase of AWD cases was reported in South Central Somalia. This is attributed to additional health facilities reporting from the regions of Lower and Middle Jubba 3 health facilities were reporting last week compared to the 17 health facilities that reported this week . For further information please contact Pieter Desloovere - Communications Officer - deslooverep@ - T 254 733 410 984 Epidemiological surveillance Acute Watery Diarrhoea Measles Malaria Conflict Related Injuries Health Response Primary Health Care Child Health Days Health monitoring A patient receives treatment at Banadir hospital Disease highlights for the first two weeks of February 2012 SUSPECTED CHOLERA CASES South Central Somalia reported a total of 676 cases including 529 children under the age of five with 52 related deaths. Banadir region reported the highest number of cases with 382 57 of all the reported cases. Somaliland reported a total of 11 cases including 10 children under the age of five. Puntland reported a total of 216 cases including 150 children under the age of five. SUSPECTED MEASLES CASES South Central Somalia reported a total of 341 cases including 272 children under the age of five. Lower Shabelle region accounted for 112 cases 33 . Somaliland reported seven cases including five children under the age of five . Puntland reported a total of 20 cases including 10 children under the age of five . SUSPECTED MALARIA CASES South Central Somalia reported a total of 1030 cases of confirmed malaria including 393 children under the age of five . Lower Shabelle region accounted for 438 43 cases of all cases including 142 children under the age of five. Somaliland reported no confirmed malaria cases. Puntland reported no confirmed malaria cases. Conflict-related casualties A total of 196 casualties from weapon-related injuries were treated in 4 hospitals in Mogadishu with 13 cases 7 of under 5. No deaths were reported. Epidemiological .