Highlights
Humanitarian context
- In the Far North region, the number of Internal Displaced Persons for security reasons increased from 92,600 in September to 124,000 in November.
- Humanitarian access to people in need remains highly difficult in the Far North Region and in some areas close to the border with Central Africa Republic, due to the security situation.
- 123 cholera cases have been reported since January 2015, mainly in the North and Far North regions. UNICEF continues to support the emergency response, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and WHO.
In figures
- 4,415 new Nigerian refugee children (2,181 girls and 2,234 boys) have joined the child friendly spaces in Minawao camp, bringing the total number of children who benefited from recreational activities and psychosocial support to close to 22,664 (11,271 girls and 11,393 boys) in eight child friendly spaces.
- 2,815 additional primary-school-aged children have been enrolled this month, bringing the total of primary-aged children with access to education activities in Minawao refugee camp to 12,105 (6,512 girls).
- 29 unaccompanied children (UAC) and 46 separated children (SC) have been identified this month in Minawao camp. A total of 126 UACs and 304 SCs received support from UNICEF implementing partner national NGO ALDEPA, out of a total of 703 UASCs identified in 2015.
- 30,205 pregnant women received the first antenatal care (ANC1) and were tested for HIV in the refugee zones in the East and Adamawa regions.
- UNICEF, in collaboration with WHO, supports the preventive vaccination campaign against measles and rubella. 1,756,868 children of 9 months to 14 years were vaccinated.