OCHA Situation Report
Ethiopia: Drought/Food
25 Aug 2008


Source:
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Highlights:

- Children suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) continue to be 
admitted for treatment in SNNPR and Oromiya

- New cases of Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) in Ada'a, Gimbichu and Lume in 
Oromiya Region

- Total shortfall for relief, Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) and 
Targeted Supplementary Feeding (TSF) amounts to 170,000 mt valued at US$ 
138.8 million.

- Sir John Holmes will arrive in Ethiopia on the 1st September in his dual 
capacity as U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator and Coordinator of the High 
Level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis.

Humanitarian Overview

Current Context

Government and partners continue to respond to the needs of people 
generated by the drought and food crisis in Ethiopia, however, shortfalls 
of resources and supplies persist. Reports of new admissions to 
Out-Patient Therapeutic Programmes (OTPs) indicate that children are still 
in need of treatment and are accessing life-saving therapeutic feeding in 
Oromiya and SNNP Regions.

The confirmation of additional cases of Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) in 
Oromiya Region raises renewed concerns of the potential risk posed to 
people whose health status is already compromised by the food crisis.

The U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), Sir John Holmes, will arrive 
in Ethiopia on the 1st of September. The ERC will travel to SNNPR and 
Somali Region to meet with people affected by the crisis as well as 
government and humanitarian partners. Sir John Holmes will be acting in 
dual capacity as the ERC and as the Coordinator of the High-Level Task 
Force on the Global Food Security Crisis.

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