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'EXPLOSION OF CHILD DEATHS' IMMINENT IN HORN OF AFRICA IF WORLD DOES NOT ACT
IMMEDIATELY - UNICEF


THIS IS A SUMMARY OF WHAT WAS SAID BY UNICEF’S DEPUTY REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA, RANIA DAGASH – TO WHOM QUOTED TEXT MAY BE
ATTRIBUTED – AT TODAY'S PRESS BRIEFING AT THE PALAIS DES NATIONS IN GENEVA.

07 June 2022
UNICEF/UN0644322/Faze On 24 May 2022, Rania Dagash, UNICEF Deputy Regional
Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, (left) meets with mother Ismayel and
her twins (Libaan Osman Derow and Salman Osman Derow) at the integrated health
center in Dollow, Somalia. The twins suffer from malnutrition. Ismayel feels
lucky that she made it on time to bring her twins to health center for
treatment.

GENEVA, 7 June 2022 – "I am here today to tell you plainly that, if the world
does not widen its gaze from the war in Ukraine, and act immediately, an
explosion of child deaths is about to happen in the Horn of Africa.

Severe Acute Malnutrition

"An estimated 386,000 children in Somalia are now in desperate need of treatment
for life-threatening severe acute malnutrition - now exceeding the 340,000
children who required treatment at the time of the 2011 famine.

"The number of children facing this most deadly form of malnutrition has
increased by more than 15 per cent in the space of five months.

"Across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, more than 1.7 million children are in
urgent need of treatment for severe acute malnutrition.

"Four rainy seasons have failed in the space of two years – killing crops and
livestock and drying up water sources. Forecasts suggest the next October to
December rains are likely to fail too.

"All three countries have recorded a significantly higher number of severely
malnourished children admitted for treatment in the first quarter of 2022
compared to the first quarter of 2021: 

 * In Ethiopia, admissions were 27 per cent higher.  
 * In Somalia, admissions were 48 per cent higher.  
 * In Kenya, admissions were 71 per cent higher.

"Death rates are also concerning. This year, in some of the worst affected areas
in the Horn of Africa, three times as many children have already died from
severe acute malnutrition with medical complications in in-patient treatment
centres compared to the whole of the previous year.

Water

"Between February and May, the number of households without reliable access to
clean and safe water almost doubled – from 5.6 million to 10.5 million.  

War in Ukraine

"The lives of children in the Horn of Africa are also at increased risk because
of the war in Ukraine. Somalia alone used to import 92 per cent of its wheat
from Russia and Ukraine – but supply lines are now blocked. The war is
exacerbating spiralling global food and fuel prices, meaning many people in
Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia can no longer afford the basic foodstuffs they need
to survive.

"These pressures are also impacting our response. The cost of the life-saving
therapeutic food UNICEF uses to treat children with severe acute malnutrition is
projected to rise by 16 per cent globally over the next six months, meaning
UNICEF will require an estimated additional US$12 million more than expected in
the Horn of Africa alone.

Funding

"UNICEF and other agencies have been repeatedly sounding the alarm bell on this
crisis. We sincerely thank the donors who have made contributions – it is their
support that has enabled us to respond the way we’ve been able to until now. But
our appeal is still drastically underfunded – we have under a third of what we
need this year.

"The international community – led by the G7 who will meet in Germany in June -
needs to commit new, additional funding now to save lives. Focus on Ukraine
cannot lead to neglect of other crises and ultimately more loss of life.

"We also want to see G7 leaders commit to acting early in future emergencies and
investing in long term resilience work – like nutrition, water, education and
cash transfer programmes. Somali children are living on the frontlines of the
climate crisis now – this is not going away – we need to see significant
step-change from the donor community to adequately support families to weather
these cyclical climatic shocks.

"If I may, let me end by sharing the story of just two of those children facing
the impending catastrophe I have outlined.

"I am just back from Somalia. At a health centre in the border town of Dollow I
met Ismayel and her one-year-old twin boys – Salman and Libaan. She is pregnant
but the devastating effects of the drought had forced her to walk 120km to get
her sons treatment for malnutrition.

"Many children will not make it so far. I heard of children being buried along
the roadside as their families make desperate, long treks to seek help.

"And we fear the worst is just around the corner.

"Thank you."

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