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OCFA Humanitarian Flash : August 2011 Issue

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15 August 2011

This month highlighted issues are on millions facing severe food crisis amid worsening drought in Horn of Africa, Uganda could be next hit by malnutrition, ongoing conflict in Yemen, Pakistan’s flood survivors need continued support.

Some facts they raise about Somalia include:

A cholera epidemic, where one hospital in Mogadishu alone has reported 4272 cases of watery diarrhoera (a key indicator of cholera)
On the whole scale, the drought found in the Horn of Africa is the worst in 60 years
More than 29,00 children younger than 5 have died in the last 90 days

The report also contains news about the other countries found in the Horn of Africa, as well as Uganda, Yemen and Pakistan

To download, please visit the English PDF, or the Arabic.