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Humanitarian Requirements Document, Government-Partners' Joint Document (January 30, 2009)

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29 June 2009

HUMANITARIAN SITUATION UPDATE

Preliminary Belg Assessment Findings

Preliminary findings of the belg assessment teams indicate poor harvests in many belg crop-producing areas due to poor performance of the February to May rains. Major belg crop failure is reported in East and West Hararghe zones, while serious shortages of water and pasture are reported in the lowland areas of Oromiya Region. Cont.

2009 Kiremt Season Outlook

According to the National Meteorological Agency (NMA) kiremt season climate outlook, the rains’ performance is expected to be normal to above normal in the central‐western and southwestern crop-producing parts of the country, but normal to below normal in northwestern, eastern, and central crop-producing areas, as well as the northeastern pastoral parts of the country. Cont.

Continued Break in Relief Food Pipeline

WFP reports that breaks in its relief food pipeline continue. The stakeholder food prioritization committee is regularly meeting to decide on rations for upcoming distributions. According to WFP, only three months’ relief food allocations were distributed in the first half of the year. Meanwhile, WFP and the NGO Joint Emergency Operation Programme (JEOP) resources could jointly address the needs of 4.1 million beneficiaries in a fourth round of allocations, while WFP has planned to reach approximately 3 million people in the fifth round. Cont.

Influenza A H1N1 Cases in Ethiopia

The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) officially confirmed two cases of Influenza A H1N1 in Ethiopia on 19 June 2009. The cases were spotted at the airport where inspection points have been set up for detection and referral to selected hospitals. Cont.

AWD Update

According to official reports from the Somali Regional Health Bureau, 95 new cases of Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) and 12 deaths have been reported in Afdem and Miesso woredas (Shinile Zone, Somali Region) in the last week. In Oromiya Region, five woredas are newly affected in West Arsi zone, two woredas in East Shoa and four in East Hararghe, while Konso woreda in SNNPR continues to report new cases. In Afar Region, Gawane, Buremudiaytu, Amebara, Elidaar and Assayita woredas have been affected. WHO and UNICEF continue to provide technical support to the affected regions through provision of emergency drug kits and technical support. In Afdem and Miesso, UNICEF is sending two CTC kits and 2,000 jerry cans of 20 litre capacity, in addition to the materials sent last week. Cont.

CONTENTS IN THIS ISSUE:

SUMMARY OF THE 2009 HUMANITARIAN REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT

SUMMARY OF DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT

REGIONAL OVERVIEW

UPCOMING & ONGOING MEETINGS

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Humanitarian Requirements

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