According to the report:
More than 5,000 children have been killed or injured in the violence – an average of five children every day since March 2015.
More than 11 million children now need humanitarian assistance – nearly every child in Yemen.
More than half of the country’s ...children don’t have access to safe drinking water or adequate sanitation.
An estimated 1.8 million children are acutely malnourished, including nearly 400,000 severe acutely malnourished children who are fighting for their lives.
Nearly 2 million children are out of school, including almost half a million who dropped out since the conflict escalated in March 2015.
Suspected cholera and acute watery diarrhea have affected over 1 million people, with children under 5 years old accounting for a quarter of all cases.
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Os Informes Orçamentais visam ajudar a melhor compreensão pública dos instrumentos de planificação, orçamentação e alocação de recursos em Moçambique. A série tenta tornar essa informação mais acessível e amigável ao leitor em geral.
Os Informes Orçamentais visam ajudar a melhor compreensão pública dos instrumentos de planificação, orçamentação e alocação de recursos em Moçambique. A série tenta tornar essa informação mais acessível e amigável ao leitor em geral.
A série ‘Informes Orçamentais’ consiste na análise e simplificação de instrumentos públicos de planificação, orçamentação e políticas sociais em Moçambique para a melhor compreensão pública.
Salut materno infanto juvenil en cifras este nuevo boletín, elaborado a partir de
datos oficiales proporcionados por la Dirección de Estadísticas e Información en
Salud del Ministerio de Salud de la Nación (MSN) y el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC), refleja las cifras so...bre hechos vitales y morbilidad infanto-juvenil
en el territorio nacional. Constituye una fuente de información esencial que contiene indicadores significativos para medir el desarrollo social, la situación de la infancia y el sistema de salud del país.
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Encuesta de indicadores multiples por conlomerados
On October 6, 11 cases of Cholera were confirmed positive in one neighbourhood of the capital Sana’a. No confirmed cases have been reported in other locations in Yemen. UNICEF, together with WHO and Health authorities, have initiated a rapid response setting up a treatment centre as well as dispat...ching an investigation team to the affected neighbourhood. The source of infection was identified as water and commercial food contamination.
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In this tutorial, you will learn about the structure and features of the Cholera toolkit. You will also get acquainted with the important aspects of the toolkit that make it user friendly.
The UNICEF Cholera Toolkit provides UNICEF staff and partners with practical resources to implement an integr...ated approach to cholera prevention, preparedness and response. It addresses water, hygiene and sanitation, health and communication for development (C4D) as well as specific content linked to education, nutrition, child protection and other relevant sectors.
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Nutrition Situation of Children in Southern Africa
• Almost 15 million people are food and nutrition insecure (including approximately 7.8 million children) in the 7 priority countries.
• Approximately 36% of children in the 7 priority countries in Southern Africa are stunted and there...fore not able to fully achieve their full developmental, intellectual and physical potential.
• Over 513,000 children are currently suffering from severe acute malnutrition in the 7 priority countries.
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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Southern Africa
• The impact of the drought in Southern Africa on WASH is already observed in places where the drought has been more acute and where WASH coverage was already low.
• Only 61 per cent of the region’s population has access to safe... drinking water and 39 per cent have access to adequate sanitation facilities.
• Approximately 6.4 million people (including 3.2 million children) in the seven priority countries have reduced access to safe water as a direct result of the El Niño drought.
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Health Situation of Children in Southern Africa
The impacts of El Niño and La Niña are expected to more than double the regular caseloads of childhood illnesses (malaria, cholera, pneumonia, measles and diarrhoea) in the most affected countries.
• Diarrhoea cases among children are expec...ted to increase up to 4 times that of the regular yearly cases.
• Projections of pneumonia cases among children show a 1.5 times increase in cases.
• An estimated 11.8 million children are likely to be affected by malaria, cholera, diarrhoea, measles and/or pneumonia, with 7.5 million of these cases directly related to the impacts of El Nino.
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