Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Ethiopia, South Sudan
Key Issues:
The on-going El Niño phenomenon will continue to negatively affect rainfall patterns until the first quarter of 2016.
The relief food beneficiary figure is expected to increase for the remainder of 2015. The HRD midyear review is tentatively scheduled to be launched in mid-August.
Following the cholera outbreak in South Sudan, health partners in Gambella are working with the Government to implement preventive and control measures, including awareness raising and drug pre-positioning by UNICEF.