Highlights
UNICEF urgently still needs $1 million for the second S3M child survival survey in 2016. The locality level S3M 2013 survey results were critical in defining the Humanitarian Needs Overview 2015 and the ongoing 2016 HNO. The S3M is therefore an important investment for the broader humanitarian response, especially the health, nutrition, water and sanitation sectors.
The UNICEF Sudan humanitarian appeal for 2015 is 62% unfunded. The worst affected sectors are Education and Child Protection.
The measles epidemic in Sudan continues to be a critical humanitarian concern and, as of the second week of September there were 19 localities with an ongoing measles outbreak with 5,869 suspected measles cases countrywide, 3,285 confirmed cases and 68 deaths. This is almost five times above the usual annual caseload.
In September, UNICEF successfully reached 35,238 conflict-affected people, 23,988 of which are South Sudanese refugees in White Nile State (14,303 in Al Kashafa and 9,685 in Joury refugee sites), through the provision of two new sustainable improved drinking water supply sources.
The Minimum Operating Standards (MOS) for the delivery of humanitarian assistance in Sudan were this month adopted and released by the Humanitarian Country team (HCT).