Somalia has endured five consecutive failed rainy seasons, and may soon see its sixth. About 43,000 people in Somalia may have died last year — potentially half of them under 5 — because of the devastating and prolonged drought battering the nation.
— commissioned by UNICEF and the WHO and carried out by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine — aimed to look both forward and back. The team retrospectively analyzed the drought’s effects on last year’s mortality rates, but also developed a forecast model to predict, and help avoid, future drought-related deaths.The model’s estimates are grim: Around 135 people are projected to die every day from January to June this year — meaning 18,100 to 34,200 dead total.
he continues to be concerned about the “level and scale” of the public health crisis. He said he was “optimistic” that with ongoing and “scaled-up” health and nutrition interventions and humanitarian response, Somalia can “push back the risk of famine forever.” UNICEF representative Wafaa Saeed Abdelatef said that actions include immunizations for children, treating and preventing malnutrition, and improving access to clean water and health care.
The report also put out a call to action for increased health and nutrition services, especially in areas where their research showed the highest mortality rates. “Science, evidence and data-based findings will be critical” in strengthening the response to the drought, U.N. resident coordinator for Somalia Adam Abdelmoula
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