Health and disease 2011 East Africa drought

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a somali boy receiving treatment @ health facility in hilaweyn.


in july 2011, measles cases broke out in dadaab camps, 462 cases confirmed including 11 deaths. ethiopia , kenya facing severe measles epidemic, attributed in part refugee crisis, on 17,500 cases reported in first 6 months. statistics put number of children @ risk of measles @ 2 million. epidemic in ethiopia may have led measles outbreak in united states , other parts of developed world. world health organization stated 8.8 million people @ risk of malaria , 5 million of cholera in ethiopia, due crowded, unsanitary conditions. malnutrition rates among children in july reached 30 percent in parts of kenya , ethiopia , on 50% in southern somalia, although latter figure dropped 36% mid-september according food security , nutrition analysis unit. doctors without borders (médecins sans frontières) treating more 10,000 severely malnourished children in feeding centers , clinics. in july 2011, un s food security , nutrition analysis unit announced situation in southern somalia met 3 characteristics of widespread famine: a) more 30 percent of children suffering acute malnutrition; b) more 2 adults or 4 children dying of hunger each day every group of 10,000 people; , c) population had access less 2,100 kilocalories of food , 4 liters of water per day. in august, cholera suspected in 181 deaths in mogadishu, along confirmed reports of several other outbreaks elsewhere in somalia, raising fears of tragedy severely weakened population. in mid-november, office of u.n. high commissioner refugees (unhcr) announced 60 cholera cases, 10 lab-confirmed , 1 fatality, had hit dadaab refugee camp in northern kenya.


by december 2011, un s ocha bureau announced scaling of relief operations had resulted in improvement in global , severe acute malnutrition rates decrease in mortality rates in southern somalia s conflict zones relative start of drought crisis in july/august. although acute malnutrition rates remained higher median global acute malnutrition (gam) , severe acute malnutrition (sam) rates october–december season, global acute malnutrition rates had fallen 30-58 percent 20-34 percent , severe acute malnutrition rates in turn dropped 9-29 percent in july 6-11 percent. mortality rate likewise declined 1.1-6.1 per 10,000 people per day in july/august 0.6-2.8 per 10,000 people per day. despite gaps in aid delivery in areas due imposed islamist bans, food security , nutrition analysis unit (fsnau) reported nutrition cluster had december reached 357,107 of estimated 450,000 children had been acutely malnourished @ start of crisis in july.








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