Highlights:
Sudan continues to be one of the worst crisis for children in the world today. 3.24 million children are targeted for humanitarian assistance by the Humanitarian Response Plan in 2015. 1.86 million children are estimated to be displaced countrywide and almost 95,000 children are refugees fleeing conflict in South Sudan.
The initial phase of the measles vaccination campaign targeting 1,692,892 children between the ages of six months and 15 years has been completed in the 28 prioritised localities across six states. The first phase of the campaign reached 1,716,217 children and delivered a coverage rate of 101%, surpassing the target by 23,325 children.
Some 32,059 children have been reached with psychosocial support in the last month, more than 50 per cent of which (19,511) were in North Darfur representing a significant gain in the expansion of coverage to displaced children in the state.
A massive community mobilisation hygiene campaign reached some 120,000 people in White Nile and North Darfur states.
44,185 children with SAM have been treated so far this year, about 10,000 more children compared to the same time period in 2014.
The UNICEF Sudan humanitarian appeal for 2015 is 84% unfunded. Worst affected are Child Protection, WASH, Education and Nutrition.
UNICEF is rapidly running out of funding for the assistance of South Sudanese refugee children in Sudan.