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GOAL Conducts Nutritional Survey in Daro Lebu, Oromiya Region.
GOAL conducted
a nutritional survey in Daro Lebu woreda, West Hararghe zone in
Oromiya Region from 21-25 August. The survey indicates a 6.5%
Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) and 0.7% Severe Acute Malnutrition
(SAM) with 0.29/10,000/day U5M. According to GOAL the nutritional
levels do not significantly vary from the results of a survey
conducted in December 2004 (8.3% GAM and 0.8% SAM).
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Refugee Update: Tigray Region, Somali Region and Food Pipeline
In Tigray region, registrations of refugees from Eritrea have been
increasing steadily at Shimelba refugee camp. Since January 2005
some 2,000 new refugees have arrived, most of them young men. The
total population of the camp is now approaching 10,000 people.
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CARE Situation Update in East And
West Hararghe
CARE in its monthly update reports a normal food security
situation in most of its reporting woredas due to the ongoing food
distribution through Safety Net and emergency programmes. However,
the situation is still critical in Grawa and Bedeno woredas of
East Hararghe zone. The Community based Therapeutic Centre in Grawa woreda
has received 125 new admissions of severely malnourished children
following a campaign by CARE and the woreda health office.
According to the report pasture and water availability were
reported to be good in all woredas.
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Nutrition Status in Gambella Refugee Camps Improving
WFP reports
the high
malnutrition rates recorded in May among the Sudanese refugee
population in Fugnido and Bonga refugee camps in Gambella region
has now improved as a result of joint interventions. By the end of
August, the GAM in Fugnido camp was down to 11.6% from an earlier
20% rate, and the SAM is now 3.7%. While this is a significant
improvement the situation still remains to be poor.
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Polio in Ethiopia
As of 31 August, two new
polio cases were reported in the country, bringing the total
number of cases to 15 for 2005. Both cases occurred in July, one
in Oromiya Region, near the border with
Somalia
and the other in Amhara Region.
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Teenage Girls in Benishangul Gumuz Hardest Hit by Lack Of Latrines
Teenage girls in Benishangul Gumuz are dropping out of school
because of appalling sanitation facilities, according to a study
conducted by Water Aid Ethiopia (WAE), UNICEF and Volunteer
Service Overseas (VSO). Only 4% of the population in the area has
access to sanitation, the report found. Some schools had no
toilets at all.
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Ethiopia Ranks 170 in Human Development Index
The Human Development Report 2005, entitled “International
Cooperation at a Crossroads: Aid, Trade, and Security in an
Unequal World,” was launched in
Ethiopia on
Friday, 9 September. On the human development index, Ethiopia is
ranked 170 of 177 countries.
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Updated on 29 August 2005 |
