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j NIGER Humanitarian Situation Report No. 06 UNICEFNiger/J.Haro @ Reporting Period: 01 to 30 June 2020 Highlights Situation in Numbers • Gunmen suspected to be militants of non-state armed groups (NSAGs) regularly 1.6 million carried out asymmetric attacks against military outposts and patrols in Tillaberi children in need of humanitarian assistance and Diffa regions. On June 24th, dozens of civilians were abducted in Diffa and 2.9 million Tillaberi regions, including 12 staffs from a United Nations implementing people in need (OCHA, Humanitarian partner, in Bossey-Bangou (Tillaberi). Response Plan Niger, 2020) • 24 children between 12 and 15 years old (11 girls) were kidnapped by non-state 396,539 armed group members in Toumour and Gueskerou communes. The incidents children affected by SAM nationwide happened during night attacks. Compared to last month, children abduction has (OCHA, Humanitarian Response Plan Niger, increased in the month of June with a total of 24 children abducted by NSAGs. 2020) • In June 2020, the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) recorded 6 alerts on 54,148 displacement of people following non-state army groups attacks. Rapid Internally displaced children in assessments (9 multi-sector assessments, 8 rapid protection assessments and 1 Tillaberi / Tahoua, out of flash assessment) were conducted in the Diffa, Tahoua, Tillaberi and Maradi 95,033 regions. RRM actors also provided NFI assistance to approximately 280 displaced Internally displaced people in households for 1,955 beneficiaries. Tillaberi / Tahoua (UNHCR, Feb 2020) • Instability in the region, leading to humanitarian access challenges, as well as the 24,120 insufficiency of funding to support child protection in emergency activities, remain key issues in Diffa region. In the Tillaberi and Tahoua region, access to Refugee children in Maradi, out of beneficiaries remain a challenge due to security issues especially at the border 35,499 with Burkina Faso, and a lack of child protection actors with expertise. Gender Refugees in Maradi (UNHCR, Feb 2020) based violence in children remain an important risk in the region. 259,591 people affected by floods (Ministry of UNICEF’s Response and Funding Status Humanitarian Affairs and Civil Protection, SAM admissions 44% 15/11/2019, MAH) Funding status 46% Nutrition UNICEF Appeal 2020 Measles vaccination 0% US$ 62.2 millions Funding Status (in US$) Health Funding status 31% Safe water access 16% Funds WASH Funding status 25% received in 2020, $16M MHPSS access 36% Child Funding status 34% Carry- Protection Funding forward, Education access 92% gap, $39M $6M Funding status 8% Education NFI items 19% NFI Funding status 60% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% *Funding available includes carry-over and funds received in the current year. Funding Overview and Partnership In 2020, UNICEF is appealing for US$ 62.2M to provide life-saving services to women and children affected by several crisis in Niger, in coordination with other humanitarian actors, within the framework of the Humanitarian Response Plan 2020, and in partnerships with government and NGOs. The funds carry-over from the previous year amounts to 6.5M and funding received so far amounts to about 16M, leaving a funding gap of 63% at the end of June 2020. UNICEF expresses its sincere gratitude to all public and private donors for the contributions received. Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs Humanitarian Needs Overview: According to the 2020 Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) published in January 2020, 2.9 million people in Niger need humanitarian assistance, including 1.6 M children. The needs analysis shows the persistence of five major crises affecting the country: food insecurity, malnutrition, epidemics, floods and population movements due to conflict or migration. The 2020 Humanitarian Response Plan was launched in February 2020: 1,8 million people are targeted for a budget of 399,9 M USD. This HRP is currently under revision to include new humanitarian needs appeared after the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. In partnership with government and NGOs, UNICEF continues to provide multisectoral and coordinated assistance to affected population, both through an emergency approach to assist the most vulnerable populations immediately after a shock, and through longer terms interventions to guarantee durable solutions. Tillaberi and Tahoua: Access remains very limited due to continuous insecurity, to a cumbersome civil-military coordination process; field missions are frequently cancelled due to incidents and/or armed group activities. Lack of access is slowing down program implementation. Diffa: The presence of several active non-state armed groups and the multiplication of their actions, especially against civilians, suggest that the situation in the area will continue to deteriorate in the next months. COVID-19 pandemic1: Following the confirmation of the first positive case of COVID-19 on March 19th, 2020 in the capital city Niamey, UNICEF has been working closely with the Government and its partners to step up the response and prevent further proliferation of the COVID-19 virus in the country, already facing the consequences of multiple crisis (nutrition, conflicts, natural disasters). As of the end of the reporting period, Niger registered 1,075 cases of COVID-19, 943 patients healed, 67 deaths and a lethality rate of 6.23%. The number of confirmed cases among health care providers was 184. Since June 16th (29 active cases), an increase in the daily growth rate of COVID-19 cases was observed. Those cases were mainly imported from neighboring countries. An updated version of the Global Response Plan to Coronavirus Pandemic of the Government of Niger was released at the end of May, with a reinforced multisectoral approach, and specific sectorial plans (resilience of education system, revised plan to support populations affected by nutritional and food insecurity, analysis and proposed measures to address socio-economic impacts of the disease). UNICEF continues to assist particularly the Ministry of Health (MoH), in the field of risk communication/community engagement (RCCE), infection prevention and control (IPC), supply and logistics, epidemiological surveillance and healthcare provision. Considering the overall slowing down of the new cases, the Niger government decided to suspend some of the measures in place to control COVID-19 transmission and schools resumed their activities starting on 1st June. UNICEF was supporting the back to school activities by providing the Ministry of Education with Education and WASH supplies, technical assistance, key messages about COVID-19 prevention and the development of a monitoring system based on RapidPro. Moreover, the Country Office was closely working with Child Protection actors to ensure that the needs of children on the move are met. UNICEF is co- leading 3 of the 8 sub-committees established by the MoH (RCCE, IPC and logistics) at central and sub-national level and is an active member of the others. UNICEF is also participating to the UN COVID-19 crisis group and has been appointed UN supply and procurement coordinator for COVID-19 pandemic. Summary Analysis of Programme Response Nutrition UNICEF, in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health and regional and health districts, supported the treatment of SAM children nationwide. UNICEF strengthened Hygiene and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) interventions both at health facility and community level into existing nutrition interventions to reduce the incidence of nosocomial infections and reduce the spread of COVID-19 virus, especially in the management of severe acute malnutrition. Lake Chad Basin crisis As of June 28th (week 26), 8,773 under-five children suffering from SAM were admitted for treatment in Diffa region, including 561 children with medical complications. Compared to the same period of last year, it represented a decrease of 35% in inpatient, while an increase of 12% in outpatient facilities. 1 UNICEF Niger COVID-19 Sitreps are available here : https://www.unicef.org/appeals/niger_sitreps.html 2 Mali Border crisis (Tahoua and Tillaberi regions) As of June 28th (week 26), 40,335 under-five children suffering from SAM were admitted for treatment in Tahoua and Tillaberi regions, including 4,605 children with medical complications. Compared to the same period of last year, it represented an increase of 7% in inpatient facilities and a decrease of 4% in outpatient facilities. National crisis As of June 28th (week 28), 167,085 under-five children suffering from SAM were admitted for treatment (representing 42 % of the cluster annual target2), including 18,186 cases with medical complications. Compared to the same period of last year, it represented an increase of 5% in outpatient facilities, but a stability in inpatient facilities. As the end of May, performance indicators are the following: 90,2% of children cured, 1,4% of children died and default rate of 5%. COVID-19 ADAPTATION UNICEF, in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health and regional and health districts, supported the treatment of SAM children nationwide. UNICEF strengthened Hygiene and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) interventions both at health facility and community level into existing nutrition interventions to reduce the incidence of nosocomial infections and reduce the spread of COVID-19 virus, especially in the management of severe acute malnutrition. UNICEF is supporting the Government of Niger and partners on the implementation of adapted modalities to