Highlights
According to IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Round VIII Report (February, 2016), there are an estimated 1.82 million people displaced as a consequence of the conflict in Adamawa,
Borno, Gombe and Yobe states, among which 1 million are children.The relocation of IDPs from camps occupying schools to more permanent sites commenced in Borno state in February. To address the increase in health care needs, UNICEF has established an additional clinic in Bakassi camp and mobilized additional health workers and logistical support to Dalori camp.
The Nutrition Sector was represented in the Cadre Harmonisé process held in February in Kano state. A key observation during the process was the dearth of nutrition information that limited analysis of the situation. There is a lack of representative sampling for GAM and SAM prevalence, including the under-five mortality rate. The main source of data, the National Nutrition and Health Survey is only conducted once a year.
The Education in Emergency (EiE) Working Group hosted a Global Call to raise the profile of the work of the sector in responding to needs in the North East. Participants on the call included ECHO,
USAID, DfiD, Oando Oil and other EiE WG partners in Nigeria.
Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs
The conflict between Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS), commonly known as Boko Haram, and the Nigerian Security Forces (NSF) in the North East of Nigeria is entering its seventh year. According to IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Round VIII Report (February, 2016), there are an estimated 1.82 million people displaced in Adamawa, Borno, Gombe and Yobe as a consequence of the conflict. The largest proportion of these IDPs are located in Borno state (1.52 million), followed by Yobe (139,550) Adamawa (130,320), and Gombe (26,233).
The rapid assessment of perceptions of children born out of sexual violence and girls and women associated with Boko Haram, conducted by UNICEF and International Alert, highlighted the significant challenges for girls, women and their children to reintegrate into their communities. In particular, some communities hold extremely negative views towards children born out of Boko Haram related sexual violence, which place these children at risk of rejection and, in some cases, attack.
The relocation of IDPs from camps occupying schools to more permanent sites commenced in Borno state in February.
Five camps were included – Government College, Yerwa, Arabic Teachers College, Government Girls Secondary School and Government Girls College. The IDPs are being relocated to Dalori and Bakassi camps. To address the increase in health care needs, UNICEF has established an additional clinic in Bakassi camp and mobilized additional health workers and logistical support to Dalori camp.
The Nutrition Sector was represented at the first Cadre Harmonisé (CH) Analysis exercise of 2016, conducted in Kano state from 25th -28th February. The CH framework tool consolidates evidence from existing data collection mechanisms to develop an internationally comparative severity scale. This scale allows for the mapping of current food and nutrition situations, as well as analysis of projected situations. States included in the CH analysis included Borno, Yobe,
Adamawa, Zamfara, Kano, Sokoto, Katsina, and Jigawa.
Only those nutrition surveys which were pre-validated by the Nutrition in Emergency (NiE) working group were integrated into the meta-analysis of the CH. Overall results from the situation analysis show that compared to last year, there were slight improvements in the nutrition situation. This could be attributed to a scale up of multi-sector humanitarian interventions targeting the most vulnerable in focus states. An improvement in the security situations in the NE region improved access to basic services, this was also highlighted as a probable contributor to the improvements seen. The findings from this exercise will be validated, and the report published in March 2016.