Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Yemen, South Sudan (Republic of)
Highlights
Polio immunisation campaigns continue as new cases reported in Horn of Africa
Measles and Yellow Fever vaccinations underway in Ethiopia
The number of food insecure in the region has halved since the drought crisis
Chronic vulnerability remains with hunger-related deaths reported in Karamoja region of Uganda
Inter-communal conflict persists in Kenya
New influx of 20,000 South Sudanese reported in Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda in 2013