The attack in Mogadishu on 14 October resulted in 358 people dead, 228 injured and 56 missing. UNICEF supported monitors have identified 20 children among the dead and 15 injured. In coordination with ministries, the Banadir Regional Administration, OCHA and partners, UNICEF has delivered 3.8 metric tons of primary health supplies to Madina Hospital, and set up emergency triage temporary site, child protection activities and psychosocial support.

In response to the critical nutrition situation in country, UNICEF and partners have provided services to 206,731 children affected by severe acute malnutrition this year.

Displacement, due to drought and conflict, continues in mass scale with now over one million people displaced in 2017. More than half of the children treated for SAM in UNICEF supported facilities are from districts hosting IDPs. UNICEF has provided lifesaving emergency healthcare to over 463,183 IDPs, WASH services to 282,544, and 19,652 children have been reached by UNICEF and partners with education services in 53 IDP camp schools located in Bay, Bakool and Banadir regions. 161 separated and unaccompanied children were identified, registered, and provided with care in IDP sites by UNICEF and partners.

Situation in Numbers

6.2 million

People in need of humanitarian assistance (FSNAU-FEWSNET Technical Release, August 2017)

1.2 million
Children under-5 that are or could be acutely malnourished in the next year

Situation Overview & Humanitarian

Needs According to the Ministry of Information and Tourism, the attack in Mogadishu on 14 October has left 358 people dead, 228 injured and 56 still missing. UNICEF supported monitors have identified 20 children among the dead and 15 injured. In coordination with line ministries, the Banadir Regional Administration (BRA), OCHA and partners, UNICEF has delivered 3.8 metric tons of primary health supplies to Madina Hospital, with support from DFID, which are projected to meet service needs for the coming two months. UNICEF and partners also deployed temporary space, supplies and capacity for emergency triage, child protection activities, psychosocial support and WASH services at Madina and other health facilities.

The humanitarian situation in Somalia continues to deteriorate due to the ongoing drought, and increasing insecurity. Over 6.2 million people need humanitarian assistance through December 2017, of which 3.1 million urgently require sustained, integrated, life-saving assistance and livelihood protection. The projected number of children who are, or who will be acutely malnourished, has increased by 50 per cent since the beginning of the year to 1.2 million, including over 232,000 who have or will suffer life-threatening severe acute malnutrition (SAM) over the next one year. FSNAU surveys indicates that acute malnutrition trends in Somalia remain at emergency level of global acute malnutrition (GAM) and SAM thresholds. The acute watery diarrhoea (AWD)/cholera outbreak that peaked in April has started to subside, yet concerns remain about a possible resurgence during the upcoming Deyr season. The ongoing measles outbreak has been contained, yet over 18,000 cases have been reported since the beginning of the year, with 67 percent of them being children under five years of age. Over 4.4 million people are still projected to need humanitarian WASH services into 2018. Displacement, due to drought and conflict, continues in mass scale with now over one million people displaced in 2017; internally displaced remain among the most vulnerable in Somalia. It is estimated that close to 80,000 children, who would otherwise have been enrolled this year, have lost their opportunity to go to school due to displacement. Increased trends of forced recruitment of children and other violations disproportionately impacting women and children continue to escalate, particularly in South Central Region, where Al Shabaab activity in has escalated in the past months.

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