Overview

• Four of Gambella’s seven refugee camps have suspended nutrition services, putting 80,000 children under five at heightened risk of life-threatening malnutrition.
• MSF reports a 55 percent year-on-year rise in child admissions to its therapeutic feeding centre at Kule camp.
• Malaria cases leapt by 125 percent in July compared with June, totaling nearly 24,000 patients and stretching treatment facilities beyond capacity.
• Médecins Sans Frontières is establishing a dedicated malaria health post in Tierkidi camp and expanding treatment posts across the region.
• Cuts in global funding from donors such as USAID and the withdrawal of numerous NGOs have disrupted food distributions, disease prevention efforts and medical supplies.