Nearly 6 million children aged 0-59 months in Northwest and Northeast Nigeria are suffering and expected to suffer from acute malnutrition from May 2022 – April 2023
The IPC AFI updated analysis conducted in September 2022 indicates that approximately 17 million people, or over half of the population in Yemen, will likely experience high levels of Acute Food Insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) between October and December 2022.
This latest analysis shows that the acute food insecurity situation of the Central African Republic remains similar to the previous one, but still concerning, with 44% of the population analysed classified in Crisis or Emergency (IPC Phase 3 or 4) over the current analysis period (September 2022 to March 2023).
About 6.6 million people, or over half of South Sudan’s population (54%), are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, classified in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse between October and November.
Approximately 26.4 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are experiencing high levels of Acute Food Insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) for the period of July to December 2022, driven by widespread poverty, conflict and displacement as well as low agricultural production, high food prices and a lack of basic infrastructure.
The latest IPC analysis shows a significant increase in the severity of Haiti's food crisis, with 4.7 million people, nearly half of the population, experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity
The IPC Famine Review Committee (FRC) was activated on August 5th 2022 following a request from the IPC Somalia Technical Working Group (TWG), to review their recent analysis of three units of analysis in Bay region (rural populations in Baidoa and Burhakaba districts, and newly arrived IDPs in Baidoa settlements).
The acute malnutrition situation in North East Nigeria is classified as Alert (IPC Phase 2) or Serious (IPC Phase 3) in many areas during the current period of January to April 2022, with 1 of the areas analyzed being in IPC Acute Malnutrition (AMN) Phase 1, 8 areas in IPC Phase 2 and 1 area in IPC Phase 3.
With significant increases in food and other commodity prices, a reduced harvest, and continued conflict, acute food insecurity in Sudan continues to worsen rapidly.
Over 4.6 million people (26% of the analyzed population of 17.6 million) are likely to experience high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) in Guatemala between June and September 2022.
Worsening drought is putting some areas in central and southern Somalia at an increased Risk of Famine through at least September 2022 if the current Gu season crop and livestock production fails, food prices continue to rise sharply and humanitarian assistance is not scaled up to reach those most in need.
After being hit by the storm systems of Ana, Batsirai and Dumaki, Emnati is now the fourth storm system to have affected Madagascar in the space of 40 days between late January and early March.
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