Despite these improvements, acute food insecurity April–June 2024 is above the five-year average of 3.2 million people; high levels of food insecurity are expected to persist in 2024 due to the lingering effects of drought in pastoral areas, persistent insecurity, and limited household access to food due to high prices and lack of livelihood opportunities. [...] Relief actors attribute the high levels of acute malnutrition to food insecurity, high rates of childhood illnesses, poor child feeding practices, and poor health and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) conditions, including the consumption of unsafe drinking water and low coverage of health and nutrition services. [...] 2024 Somalia HNRP Requests $1.6 Bil l ion to Support 5.2 Million People The UN released the 2024 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP) for Somalia on January 30, requesting $1.6 billion in funding to reach 5.2 million people in need of humanitarian assistance due to the ongoing effects of the 2020–2023 drought and severe flooding in late 2023, as well as insecurity and conflict. [...] In addition, WHO is working with the Health and WASH clusters to enhance disease surveillance and ensure the response can shift to new outbreak hotspots as needed.4 WHO and other Health and WASH Cluster partners are also distributing water treatment supplies and conducting awareness raising messages on the risks, prevention, and treatment of cholera to populations in areas affected by flooding. [...] WASH USG supports WASH programming across Somalia to prevent and respond to communicable disease outbreaks and to avert acute malnutrition in 14 children and PLW.
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