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Issue #13, 07 - 14 November 2016

Nigerian Crisis WHO Situation Report | Issue #13, 07 - 14 November 2016

  • WHO has delivered two IEHKs (Interagency Emergency Health Kits) to the Maiduguri State Specialist Hospital and one IEHK to the Umaru Sehu Hospital in Maiduguri. Each kit contains essential medicines and medical supplies to treat 10,000 people for three months. Malaria and Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) modules were also provided as part of these kits. Moreover, WHO delivered 15,500 Malaria RDTs to the Malaria Control Unit of the Borno State Ministry of Health.
  • For the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), 2017 WHO has submitted 4 projects with total budget of 31 million for the north east region. These projects focus on health services delivery, disease surveillance and outbreak response, health system restoration and coordination of the Health Sector response.
  • WHO and partners conducted measles vaccination campaign in Muna Garage, Custom House and Fariya IDPs camps. The vaccination targeted children aged 6 months to 15 years’ and vaccinated 13,537 children with 98.2% vaccination coverage.
  • Malaria continues to constitute the highest proportion (51%) of the reported morbidities (EWARS).