OCHA Situation Report No. 16
Sudan: Darfur
26 November 2007


Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Headlines

- 357,000 under 5 years old children in North Darfur were targeted in 
the recent round of Polio immunization.

- 7,600 nomadic children in 95 schools in Algeneina, Zallingi Krenik and 
Wadi Saleh localities (West Darfur) supported with education materials.

- NGO Concern distributed blankets to 14,546 households in the Kulbus 
area (West Darfur) in preparation for the cold season.

Population movements

In South Darfur, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) 
assisted the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) and the 
Sudanese Popular committee Relief (SPCR) to update the registration data 
for 3,294 Heads of Households in the database.

IOM witnessed and documented the relocation of 540 households from 
Majoak to Sakali resettlement area (South Darfur). IOM's Verification 
and Monitoring Unit conducted a verification process for reported 
returns to Gabr Al Ganam (North Darfur).

Needs and response by sector

Education

UNICEF provided a range of education materials, including chalk, sitting 
mats, classroom materials, chalkboards, student stationery and 
recreation kits to the State Ministry of Education (SMoE) to support the 
education of 7,600 nomadic children in 95 schools in Algeneina, Zallingi 
Krenik and Wadi Saleh localities (West Darfur)

Health and Nutrition

North Darfur

As part of an ongoing awareness-raising campaign, UNICEF supported the 
Sudanese NGO Binaa Charity Association (BCA) - in collaboration with the 
Cooperative Housing Foundation (CHF) International - to implement a 
series of drama events on the issue of HIV/AIDS in Zam Zam IDP Camp. A 
group of 25 young people performed the drama shows and disseminated 
various message on HIV/AIDS and gender-based violence to an estimated 
2,500 community residents.

The World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and the State Ministry of 
Health (SMoH) held the polio national immunization days on 18-20 
November 2007. The campaign schedule started in the areas which were not 
covered during the last campaign and 357,000 under 5 years old children 
in North Darfur were targeted in this round of immunization.

With regards to improving access to the primary health care services and 
rehabilitation of health facilities, WHO continued its efforts to 
monitor and follow-up the progress of the physical rehabilitation 
project of the Um Kadoya health facility - despite the limitation of 
movements due to security issues.

WHO in collaboration with the Health Ministry plans to rehabilitate a 
health facility in Um Heglieg.

South Darfur

In collaboration with SMoH and Cord aid WHO conducted a one day training 
workshop for community health workers in Al Neim and Khour Omer IDP 
Camps in Al Deain where 30 participants attended the training on "Case 
definition and active case finding of the notifiable diseases."

The acute jaundice syndrome (AJS) outbreak in Al Salam and Kass IDP 
Camps has become sporadic and the health situation in both camps has 
improved as a result of the coordinated intervention led by WHO, 
including health education sessions, hygiene promotion activities and 
water and sanitation measures.

West Darfur

Training and refresher courses in disease surveillance and 
case-management for health workers in the field is ongoing, operating 
out of all field and outreach offices. WHO supported SMoH in carrying 
out a three-day training on water quality control in Zaleingi with 30 
participants from Water, Environment and Sanitation (WES), NGO partners 
and State Ministry of Health (SMOH).

Save the Chidren-US and WHO conducted a three-day training on solid 
waste management in Fur Baranga. A total of 20 community hygiene 
promoters from Save the Children-US & Intersoss were trained.

UNICEF provided 28 primary health care kits to SIMA, a Sudanese NGO, to 
support health care programmes in West Darfur.

With UNICEF assistance, two social workers from the State Ministry of 
Social Welfare benefited from a programme on effective training skills 
facilitated by the NGO Terre des Hommes, which will enable them to go to 
provide training to other colleagues.

Terre des Hommes provided training on social work skills to 32 social 
workers (16 from the State Ministry of Social Welfare) as part of an 
ongoing pilot training programme supported by UNICEF.

Non-Food Items (NFIs)

The newly displaced populations served last week by the Common Pipeline 
in Um Dukhun, West Darfur, were further supported with plastic sheeting 
by the United Nations Joint Logistics Center (UNJLC) South Darfur Team 
and Mercy Corps.

UNJLC provided two schools in Ed Daen (South Darfur) were with plastic 
sheeting, jerry cans and sleeping mats for the children to sit on.

In West Darfur, Concern distributed blankets to 14,546 households in the 
Kulbus area in preparation for the cold season.

Water and Sanitation

West Darfur

WHO and partners continue to intensify water quality control activities. 
WHO supported Save the Children-US with reagents and water testing kits 
for the organization's ongoing water quality monitoring activities in 
Krenik and Forbaranga areas (West Darfur). In Krenik, six water points 
were checked.

WHO continues its technical and logistical support to SMoH on water 
quality monitoring within Geneina town and surrounding IDP camps.

If you have inputs for the next edition or questions and comments on 
this one, or other media and public enquiries, please contact:

Nahla Zarroug, Information Analyst, United Nations, Khartoum, Sudan, 
Email: zarroug@un.org, Telephone: +249-9-12160065

For other media and public enquiries, you may also contact:

Orla Clinton, Public Information Officer, United Nations, Khartoum, 
Sudan, Email: clinton@un.org, Telephone: +249-9-12174454

Imad Hassanein, Media Officer, United Nations, Khartoum, Sudan, Email: 
hassaneini@un.org, Telephone: +249-9-12178035

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