Action Against Hunger Usa

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ETHIOPIA:THE PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION IN COUNTRY OR DRIVERS OF HUNGER; HUMANITARIAN CONTEXT (NATURE OF CRISIS, WHAT IS DRIVING IT, MOST URGENT NEEDS, HOW IS THIS CRISIS AFFECTING HUNGER/MALNUTRITION). ETHIOPIA FACES A COMPLEX HUMANITARIAN SITUATION TRIGGERED BY CONFLICT, NATURAL DISASTERS INCLUDING DROUGHT AND FLOODS, AND PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES AND DRIVING HUNGER AND ACUTE MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OLD, PREGNANT WOMEN, AND BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS.ACROSS THE COUNTRY, HUMANITARIAN NEEDS ARE GROWING, BUT REMAIN UNDERFUNDED AND UNMET, PARTICULARLY IN AMHARA AND TIGRAY IN NORTHERN ETHIOPIA, WHERE CONFLICT CONTINUES. THERE WERE 2.7 MILLION PEOPLE DISPLACED WITHIN ETHIOPIA IN 2021. THE COUNTRY ALSO DEALT WITH ITS WORST DESERT LOCUST OUTBREAK IN 25 YEARS, WHICH EXACERBATED AN ALREADY DIRE FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION SITUATION. A PROLONGED DROUGHT HAS CAUSED SEVERE FOOD AND WATER SHORTAGES, LIVESTOCK DEATHS, SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER CROP YIELDS, AND SKYROCKETING FOOD PRICES. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: KEY PROGRAM ACHIEVEMENTS; EXAMPLES OF OUR IMPACT ON HUNGER IN THIS MISSION IN 2021.IN 2021, ACTION AGAINST HUNGER PROVIDED LIFESAVING HEALTH AND NUTRITION SERVICES TO COMMUNITIES IN OROMIA, AMHARA, BENISHANGUL-GUMUZ, SOMALI, TIGRAY, AND GAMBELLA. OUR TEAMS PROVIDED TECHNICAL AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT TO FRONTLINE HEALTH WORKERS AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS TO HELP IMPROVE THE EARLY DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF MALNUTRITION. AS A RESULT, IN 2021, 429,255 CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OLD AND 112,741 PREGNANT WOMEN AND BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS WERE SCREENED FOR ACUTE MALNUTRITION. WE ALSO TRAINED MOTHERS AND OTHER CAREGIVERS TO DETECT MALNUTRITION AT HOME USING COLOR-CODED MEASURING BANDS. IN 401 HEALTH CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE HELPED PROVIDE SUPPLIES AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO QUALITY OF MALNUTRITION TREATMENT SERVICES. IN TOTAL, 25,236 SEVERELY MALNOURISHED CHILDREN AND 90,072 MODERATELY MALNOURISHED CHILDREN WERE TREATED ACROSS OUR AREAS OF OPERATIONS, INCLUDING TIGRAY. WE ALSO PROVIDED TREATMENT TO 91,389 EXPECTANT AND NEW MOTHERS WITH MALNUTRITION. AN ADDITIONAL 239,180 CHILDREN AND 33,034 WOMEN PARTICIPATED IN OUR SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THEIR NUTRITION. OUR TEAMS ALSO HELPED TO BUILD CAPACITY AMONG HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND MOTHERS, TEACHING A VARIETY OF TOPICS RELATED TO NUTRITION, SUCH AS BREASTFEEDING, BABY-FRIENDLY SPACES, AND COUNSELING.

SOUTH SUDAN:PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION IN COUNTRY OR DRIVERS OF HUNGER; HUMANITARIAN CONTEXT (NATURE OF CRISIS, WHAT IS DRIVING IT, MOST URGENT NEEDS, HOW IS THIS CRISIS AFFECTING HUNGER/MALNUTRITION). THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SOUTH SUDAN CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE, AND MORE THAN 60% OF THE POPULATION FACES A HUNGER CRISIS. IN 2021, 8.3 MILLION PEOPLE WERE IN NEED OF DIRE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND 7.7 MILLION SUFFERED FROM SEVERE FOOD INSECURITY. AN ESTIMATED 676,000 WOMEN AND 1.4 MILLION CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OLD WERE ACUTELY MALNOURISHED. SEVERE FLOODING IMPACTED 835,000 PEOPLE IN 2021 AND DROVE INCREASES IN HUNGER AND DISPLACEMENT. LOCALIZED CONFLICTS, INCREASING CLIMATE SHOCKS INCLUDING FLOODS AND DROUGHT, POOR ACCESS TO WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE SERVICES, WEAK PROTECTION SYSTEMS, AND THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ALL CONTRIBUTED TO THE RECORD HIGH RATES OF ACUTE HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION.TO HELP FAMILIES FACING HUNGER, ACTION AGAINST HUNGER PROVIDED MULTI-SECTORIAL LIFESAVING AND SUSTAINABLE SUPPORT TO MORE THAN HALF A MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN 2021. OUR TEAMS PROVIDED LIFESAVING TREATMENT FOR MALNUTRITION, ACCESS TO HEALTH, SANITATION, AND WATER SERVICES, AND HELPED FAMILIES IMPROVE THEIR FOOD SECURITY. OUR TEAMS ALSO HELPED TO STRENGTHEN NUTRITION AND HEALTH SYSTEMS AND INVESTED IN SUSTAINABLE APPROACHES TO HELP COMMUNITIES BUILD RESILIENCE AND FIGHT HUNGER.

SOMALIA: SOMALIA IS EXTREMELY VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, EXACERBATED BY THE COUNTRY'S LACK OF PREPAREDNESS AND ABILITY TO ADAPT TO CHANGING WEATHER PATTERNS. IN 2021, DROUGHT AND CONFLICT LEFT 7.2 MILLION PEOPLE SEVERELY FOOD INSECURE. CHRONIC FOOD INSECURITY, POOR INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES, DISEASES, LIMITED ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER, SANITATION, AND HEALTH SERVICES DRIVE ALARMING RATES OF MALNUTRITION: 17% OF CHILDREN IN SOMALIA ARE CHRONICALLY MALNOURISHED AND NEARLY HALF OF PREGNANT WOMEN ARE ANEMIC. NEARLY 1.2 MILLION CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OLD SUFFER FROM ACUTE MALNUTRITION. DESPITE SOME LEGAL PROGRESS, SEVERE GENDER DISPARITIES PERPETUATE IN SOMALIA, AND WOMEN AND GIRLS REMAIN AT RISK OF SOCIOECONOMIC EXCLUSION AND EXPLOITATION. WOMEN DOMINATE INFORMAL WORK AND HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO RESOURCES, INFORMATION, AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. PROTRACTED CONFLICTS, DISPLACEMENT, ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY, THE IMPACT OF COVID-19, AND A WEAK JUSTICE SYSTEM CONTRIBUTE TO HIGH RATES OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, PARTICULARLY AMONG WOMEN AND GIRLS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES AND IN INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT SETTLEMENTS.IN 2021, ACTION AGAINST HUNGER TREATED NEARLY 100,000 PEOPLE FOR ACUTE MALNUTRITION AND PROVIDED NUTRITION PREVENTION SUPPLIES AND EDUCATION TO MORE THAN 88,000 PEOPLE. WE ALSO IMPROVED ACCESS TO PRIMARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO 495,712 PEOPLE AND PROVIDED COVID-19 VACCINES TO 147,979 INDIVIDUALS.TO IMPROVE FOOD SECURITY AND LIVELIHOODS, OUR TEAMS REACHED MORE THAN 40,000 PEOPLE WITH CASH ASSISTANCE OR VOUCHERS FOR FRESH GOOD. OUR" CASH FOR WORK" PROGRAMS HELPED 40,182 PEOPLE EARN MONEY BY WORKING ON PROJECTS TO IMPROVE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. WE ALSO ESTABLISHED 68 VILLAGE SAVINGS AND LOANS GROUPS AND PROVIDED LOAN GRANTS THAT HAVE ALLOWED MEMBERS TO PARTAKE IN MORE THAN 60 MICRO-BUSINESSES. OUR TEAMS DISTRIBUTED SEEDS AND TOOLS TO FARMERS AND WE PROVIDED EMERGENCY VETERINARY SERVICES TO PROTECT AND RESTORE THE HEALTH OF 24,717 LIVESTOCK ANIMALS. WE ALSO PROVIDED TRAININGS OF SMART AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND EARLY WARNING EARLY ACTION TO HELP COMMUNITIES PREPARE FOR DISASTERS. THROUGH OUR WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE PROGRAMS, WE REHABILITATED 28 WATER POINTS, BUILT 354 LATRINES, AND DISTRIBUTED 11,054 HYGIENE AND DIGNITY KITS. TO HELP PEOPLE COPE WITH DROUGHT, WE TRUCKED IN WATER TO COMMUNITIES IN NEED. ALL OF OUR INTERVENTIONS WERE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL PARTNERS, AUTHORITIES, REGIONAL AND FEDERAL MINISTRIES, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.