Highlights
Population movements continue to take place in the Lake Chad region as insecurity continues to deteriorate. The humanitarian community estimates at 82,782 the number of refugees, IDPs, returnees and thirdcountry nationals currently displaced in the Lake region. Of these, 52,300 are IDPs from the latest wave of massive displacement which began in July 2015.
On 10 October two explosions in the market of Bagasola and one in the IDP site of Kousseri resulted in 41 deaths, and 48 people injured.
As a result, government has communicated to the humanitarian community its decision to relocate the IDP and refugee camps that are in and around Bagasola to a remote location out of concerns for the security of Bagasola.By the end of September, 116,226 children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) had been admitted into the program countrywide.
This SAM admission number represent 75% of the revised annual target caseload of 154,400. In the Lake region, access of the population to health facilities has been reduced by insecurity.Community-led Total Sanitation in host communities around CAR returnee sites is also making good progress: 100% (37) of planned water points in Moissala and Gore are now functional and 36 out of 37 target villages in the area have been declared free of open defecation.
By the end of October UNICEF Chad’s 2015 appeal of USD 62.2 million was 18% funded. Although all sectors suffered from limited funding, health and HIV activities have been particularly underfunded with gaps of over 90%, with WASH, Education and Child Protection at gaps of over 80%