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IPC ALERT - SOUTH SUDAN: Call for Immediate Humanitarian Action to prevent Famine

Currently, 3.1 million are in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) and 830,000 in Emergency (IPC Phase 4), and of extreme concern are 30,000 people estimated to be Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5) requiring urgent humanitarian assistance.
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Newsletters
DATE
Oct 2015
LOCATION
Eastern Africa South Sudan

 

  • Currently, 3.1 million are in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) and 830,000 in Emergency (IPC Phase 4), and of extreme concern are 30,000 people estimated to be Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5) requiring urgent humanitarian assistance;
  • Famine is not declared at this time in areas highly affected by conflict due to limited evidence available. There is a concrete risk of Famine occurring between October and December 2015 if urgent humanitarian access and assistance is not provided in the most affected areas. 
  • The worst affected areas are 4 counties in the areas highly influenced by conflict in Unity State (Leer, Guit, Koch and Mayendit Counties). The other states of concern are the other two conflict-affected States of Jonglei and Upper Nile in the Greater Upper Nile.
  • The most affected populations are the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who are dispersed and the host communities affected by the on-going conflict. 
  • This complex emergency in South Sudan is caused by high underlying vulnerability and severe effects of the conflict and displacementcompounded by limited humanitarian access, resulting in loss of livelihoods, income, assets, inadequate food access, market disruption, high prices, and unstainable coping.

 

RISK OF FAMINE

  • The IPC GSU RTQR corroborated that available food security and nutrition evidence indicate a very critical situation that may escalate to famine conditions if humanitarian assistance does not reach the highly affected populations during the period of October to December 2015 in areas most affected by conflict in Unity
  • There is a great concern that famine may exist in the coming months but it may not be possible to validate it at that time due to lack of evidence as the result of limited access to the affected areas and populations.

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