Over 85,000 severely malnourished children have received treatment, over 1.9 million people have access to safe water, and over 647,000 have means to practice hygiene. UNICEF has also treated 42,000 for AWD/cholera and immunized over 529,000 children against measles. However, funding remains a challenge, with only 66% of needs met so far.
Dr. Luke Nkinsi's "Africa matters" presentation on Ebola Outbreak in West Africa and Maternal & Children Health Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa at Seattle Rainier Beach Public Library - December 5 2014
Dr. Luke Nkinsi's "Africa matters" presentation on Ebola Outbreak in West Africa and Maternal & Children Health Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa at Seattle Rainier Beach Public Library - December 5 2014
Myanmar: Humanitarian Snapshot (03 Mar 2017)
http://reliefweb.int/report/myanmar/myanmar-humanitarian-snapshot-03-mar-2017
INFOGRAPHICfrom UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Published on 05 Mar 2017
Download PDF (2.51 MB)
Over the past six months Myanmar has experienced a surge in new displacement in four states, while humanitarian organizations simultaneously faced severe constraints on access. Border post attacks on 9 Oct 2016 and subsequent security operations triggered a new humanitarian crisis in northern Rakhine. Intensified conflict resulted in new displacement in Kachin and northern Shan. Thousands were also relocated in Kayin State due to fighting in Sep 2016.
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:
To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.
HUMANITARIAN NEEDS OVERVIEW 2017
Humanitarian Bulletin Myanmar
Issue 4 2016 | October 2016 – January 2017
Unicef ukraine humanitarian situation report february 2018DonbassFullAccess
Overview:
Recurrent ceasefire violations continued to threaten the well-being of the more than 200,000 boys and girls living within 15km of each side of the contact line, many of whom continue to suffer the risk of exposure to gunfire and shelling, ongoing disruption of health, electricity and water services and related psycho-social stress.
While UNICEF and the Government of Ukraine provide psychosocial support, the impact of ongoing hostilities on children, their caregivers and educators, remains a serious concern. Ceasefire violations also frequently damage critical water, sanitation, electrical and heating infrastructure, threatening access to safe drinking water challenging for 3.7 million people in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts as well as educational and health institutions.
The Global Report on Food Security Crisis Webinar 8FAO
This webinar is part of a series of webinars on resilience organized jointly with the EU’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO) and the FAO strategic programme on resilience within the framework of the EU-funded FAO INFORMED programme.
In line with the indicative framework for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the recommendations of “The One Humanity: Shared Responsibility Report”, the European Union, WFP and FAO have joined forces to coordinate needs assessment to increase the impact of humanitarian and resilience responses through the preparation of the Global Report on Food Crises 2017.
This Global Report aims to enhance coordination and decision making through a neutral analysis that informs programming and implementation. The key objective and strength of the report is to establish a consultative and consensus-based process to compile food insecurity analyses from around the world into a global public product. The Report compares and clarifies results of food security analyses conducted during the period January-December 2016 by various partners and across geographical areas to provide a clear picture of acute food insecurity situation. In addition, a detailed food security analysis is presented for those countries and/or population groups facing high severity and magnitude of acute food insecurity based on the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)/Cadre Harmonisé (CH) classification.
Infectious minds canadian institutes of health research, international infect...Gordon Otieno Odundo
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, International Infectious Disease and Global Health Training Programme (CIHR, IID & GHTP).This is a scholarship program run across four countries: Canada, Colombia, Kenya and India where advanced level students (PhD, Post Doctoral and Clinical fellows) undertake additional training on Infectious Diseases all geared towards being experts in matters pertaining to Global Health. Every month an 'Infectious Minds' sessionis held for two hours via a videoconference link across the four sites. On 15th May 2014 Gordon Otieno Odundo was the Guest Speaker presenting on infectious diseases in children the venue was at the University of Nairobi Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, College of Health Sciences, Kenyatta National Hospital. The audience was primarily Doctoral (PhD) and Post-Doctoral students across the four sites; from Basic Science and Social Science disciplines.
website: http://www.iidandghtp.com/
The next Brussels Development Briefing no. 51 on ”Agriculture as an engine of economic reconstruction and development in fragile countries ” took place on 27 June 2018 from 09h00 to 13h00, ACP Secretariat, Brussels 451 Avenue Georges Henri, 1200 Brussels. This Briefing was organised by the ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), in collaboration with the European Commission / DEVCO, the ACP Secretariat, and CONCORD.
The roles of livestock and farmed wildlife in preventing the next pandemic: C...ILRI
Presentation by Hung Nguyen-Viet, Delia Grace, Bernard Bett, Johanna Lindahl and Dieter Schillinger at a virtual workshop on countering zoonotic spillover of high consequence pathogens, 12 July 2022.
Putting Children First: Session 2.1.A Tefera Darge Delbiso - Are droughts big...The Impact Initiative
Putting Children First: Identifying solutions and taking action to tackle poverty and inequality in Africa.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 23-25 October 2017
This three-day international conference aimed to engage policy makers, practitioners and researchers in identifying solutions for fighting child poverty and inequality in Africa, and in inspiring action towards change. The conference offered a platform for bridging divides across sectors, disciplines and policy, practice and research.
Myanmar: Humanitarian Snapshot (03 Mar 2017)
http://reliefweb.int/report/myanmar/myanmar-humanitarian-snapshot-03-mar-2017
INFOGRAPHICfrom UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Published on 05 Mar 2017
Download PDF (2.51 MB)
Over the past six months Myanmar has experienced a surge in new displacement in four states, while humanitarian organizations simultaneously faced severe constraints on access. Border post attacks on 9 Oct 2016 and subsequent security operations triggered a new humanitarian crisis in northern Rakhine. Intensified conflict resulted in new displacement in Kachin and northern Shan. Thousands were also relocated in Kayin State due to fighting in Sep 2016.
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:
To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.
HUMANITARIAN NEEDS OVERVIEW 2017
Humanitarian Bulletin Myanmar
Issue 4 2016 | October 2016 – January 2017
Unicef ukraine humanitarian situation report february 2018DonbassFullAccess
Overview:
Recurrent ceasefire violations continued to threaten the well-being of the more than 200,000 boys and girls living within 15km of each side of the contact line, many of whom continue to suffer the risk of exposure to gunfire and shelling, ongoing disruption of health, electricity and water services and related psycho-social stress.
While UNICEF and the Government of Ukraine provide psychosocial support, the impact of ongoing hostilities on children, their caregivers and educators, remains a serious concern. Ceasefire violations also frequently damage critical water, sanitation, electrical and heating infrastructure, threatening access to safe drinking water challenging for 3.7 million people in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts as well as educational and health institutions.
The Global Report on Food Security Crisis Webinar 8FAO
This webinar is part of a series of webinars on resilience organized jointly with the EU’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO) and the FAO strategic programme on resilience within the framework of the EU-funded FAO INFORMED programme.
In line with the indicative framework for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the recommendations of “The One Humanity: Shared Responsibility Report”, the European Union, WFP and FAO have joined forces to coordinate needs assessment to increase the impact of humanitarian and resilience responses through the preparation of the Global Report on Food Crises 2017.
This Global Report aims to enhance coordination and decision making through a neutral analysis that informs programming and implementation. The key objective and strength of the report is to establish a consultative and consensus-based process to compile food insecurity analyses from around the world into a global public product. The Report compares and clarifies results of food security analyses conducted during the period January-December 2016 by various partners and across geographical areas to provide a clear picture of acute food insecurity situation. In addition, a detailed food security analysis is presented for those countries and/or population groups facing high severity and magnitude of acute food insecurity based on the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)/Cadre Harmonisé (CH) classification.
Infectious minds canadian institutes of health research, international infect...Gordon Otieno Odundo
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, International Infectious Disease and Global Health Training Programme (CIHR, IID & GHTP).This is a scholarship program run across four countries: Canada, Colombia, Kenya and India where advanced level students (PhD, Post Doctoral and Clinical fellows) undertake additional training on Infectious Diseases all geared towards being experts in matters pertaining to Global Health. Every month an 'Infectious Minds' sessionis held for two hours via a videoconference link across the four sites. On 15th May 2014 Gordon Otieno Odundo was the Guest Speaker presenting on infectious diseases in children the venue was at the University of Nairobi Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, College of Health Sciences, Kenyatta National Hospital. The audience was primarily Doctoral (PhD) and Post-Doctoral students across the four sites; from Basic Science and Social Science disciplines.
website: http://www.iidandghtp.com/
The next Brussels Development Briefing no. 51 on ”Agriculture as an engine of economic reconstruction and development in fragile countries ” took place on 27 June 2018 from 09h00 to 13h00, ACP Secretariat, Brussels 451 Avenue Georges Henri, 1200 Brussels. This Briefing was organised by the ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), in collaboration with the European Commission / DEVCO, the ACP Secretariat, and CONCORD.
The roles of livestock and farmed wildlife in preventing the next pandemic: C...ILRI
Presentation by Hung Nguyen-Viet, Delia Grace, Bernard Bett, Johanna Lindahl and Dieter Schillinger at a virtual workshop on countering zoonotic spillover of high consequence pathogens, 12 July 2022.
Putting Children First: Session 2.1.A Tefera Darge Delbiso - Are droughts big...The Impact Initiative
Putting Children First: Identifying solutions and taking action to tackle poverty and inequality in Africa.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 23-25 October 2017
This three-day international conference aimed to engage policy makers, practitioners and researchers in identifying solutions for fighting child poverty and inequality in Africa, and in inspiring action towards change. The conference offered a platform for bridging divides across sectors, disciplines and policy, practice and research.
Techniques to optimize the pagerank algorithm usually fall in two categories. One is to try reducing the work per iteration, and the other is to try reducing the number of iterations. These goals are often at odds with one another. Skipping computation on vertices which have already converged has the potential to save iteration time. Skipping in-identical vertices, with the same in-links, helps reduce duplicate computations and thus could help reduce iteration time. Road networks often have chains which can be short-circuited before pagerank computation to improve performance. Final ranks of chain nodes can be easily calculated. This could reduce both the iteration time, and the number of iterations. If a graph has no dangling nodes, pagerank of each strongly connected component can be computed in topological order. This could help reduce the iteration time, no. of iterations, and also enable multi-iteration concurrency in pagerank computation. The combination of all of the above methods is the STICD algorithm. [sticd] For dynamic graphs, unchanged components whose ranks are unaffected can be skipped altogether.
Adjusting primitives for graph : SHORT REPORT / NOTESSubhajit Sahu
Graph algorithms, like PageRank Compressed Sparse Row (CSR) is an adjacency-list based graph representation that is
Multiply with different modes (map)
1. Performance of sequential execution based vs OpenMP based vector multiply.
2. Comparing various launch configs for CUDA based vector multiply.
Sum with different storage types (reduce)
1. Performance of vector element sum using float vs bfloat16 as the storage type.
Sum with different modes (reduce)
1. Performance of sequential execution based vs OpenMP based vector element sum.
2. Performance of memcpy vs in-place based CUDA based vector element sum.
3. Comparing various launch configs for CUDA based vector element sum (memcpy).
4. Comparing various launch configs for CUDA based vector element sum (in-place).
Sum with in-place strategies of CUDA mode (reduce)
1. Comparing various launch configs for CUDA based vector element sum (in-place).
Explore our comprehensive data analysis project presentation on predicting product ad campaign performance. Learn how data-driven insights can optimize your marketing strategies and enhance campaign effectiveness. Perfect for professionals and students looking to understand the power of data analysis in advertising. for more details visit: https://bostoninstituteofanalytics.org/data-science-and-artificial-intelligence/
Levelwise PageRank with Loop-Based Dead End Handling Strategy : SHORT REPORT ...Subhajit Sahu
Abstract — Levelwise PageRank is an alternative method of PageRank computation which decomposes the input graph into a directed acyclic block-graph of strongly connected components, and processes them in topological order, one level at a time. This enables calculation for ranks in a distributed fashion without per-iteration communication, unlike the standard method where all vertices are processed in each iteration. It however comes with a precondition of the absence of dead ends in the input graph. Here, the native non-distributed performance of Levelwise PageRank was compared against Monolithic PageRank on a CPU as well as a GPU. To ensure a fair comparison, Monolithic PageRank was also performed on a graph where vertices were split by components. Results indicate that Levelwise PageRank is about as fast as Monolithic PageRank on the CPU, but quite a bit slower on the GPU. Slowdown on the GPU is likely caused by a large submission of small workloads, and expected to be non-issue when the computation is performed on massive graphs.
4. More than half of the children in
Somalia are in need of urgent assistance
Sources: Drought – FEWSNET 10 May 2017 / GAM – Somalia Nutrition Cluster 30 April 2017
Approximately
4 million children
require critical services including:
Life-saving health services
Treatment for acute malnutrition
Access to safe water and sanitation
Child protection services
5. 4.5 million
people in
need of WASH assistance
(Jan 2017)
42,000
AWD/ Cholera Cases
Over 9,800 cases of
measles
(Jan – May 2017)
1.4 million
children under-5 estimated
to be acutely malnourished,
275,000 severely
malnourished in 2017
(Jan 2017)
Over 738,000
new IDPs
(Nov 2016 – May 2017)
In 2017 Somali children face triple threat of drought, disease and displacement
6. This is leading to rising protection risks and reducing access to education
Over half a million
school aged children
in need of assistance
(April 2017)
Average of 600
new GBV cases per month
(Avg Jan - Apr 2017)
Over 700
children recruited
(Oct 2016 - April 2017)
8. Internal Displacement
Half of all internal displacement
has been recorded towards
urban centres, including Baidoa
and Mogadishu
Source: Drought driven displacement, UNHCR PRMN and IOM DTM, November 30 2016 – 31 May 2017
50%
9. Internal displacement has doubled the
Substantial internal displacement
has also been recorded over
comparatively short distances
within the region of origin and to
border towns
Source: Drought driven displacement, UNHCR PRMN and IOM DTM, November 30 2016 - 30 April 2017
Internal Displacement
Source: Drought driven displacement, UNHCR PRMN and IOM DTM, November 30 2016 – 31 May 2017
10. Internal DisplacementInternal Displacement
Over 209,000 IDPs
have been displaced within
Somaliland and Puntland in 2017
Source: Drought driven displacement, UNHCR PRMN and IOM DTM, November 30 2016 – 31 May 2017
Bay
27%
Lower
Shabelle
20%
Sool
13%
Others
40%
IDP‐ Location of origin
Baidoa
33%
Mogadishu
32%
Others
35%
IDP‐ Location of arrival
11. With over 738,600 IDPs registered,
internal displacement has more than
doubled compared to displacement
during the famine in 2011
In contrast, cross border is much lower
than during the famine in 2011
Cross Border Displacement
High Internal Displacement
Lower Cross Border Movement
Source: Drought driven displacement, UNHCR PRMN and IOM DTM, November 30 2016 – 31 May 2017
15. UNICEF is on track to reach the end of year target for SAM treatment*
Source: Somalia Nutrition Cluster
Since January, UNICEF has treated 84,967 severely malnourished children,
with a recovery rate of 92.9%
Information 28 Feb - 31 May 2017
*Information based on the medium/most likely scenario
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
400,000
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV
UNICEF Target
Children treated
Children in need of
SAM treatment
SAM caseload
by end of 2017:
275,000
UNICEF target
by end of 2017:
208,000
16. The number of nutrition centres
UNICEF supported has increased
by 87% since January 2017
Map Information 31 Jan – 30 Apr 2017
There were 435 nutrition facilities in Somalia on 31
January. This grew to 813 facilities by 30 April.
Significant scale up has been achieved countrywide,
including hard-to reach-locations in south and central
Somalia
435 544 658 813
14,932
18,778
23,283 23,158
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
400
600
800
31 Jan 28 Feb 31 Mar 30 Apr
Number of Centres Number of SAM Admission
Source: Somalia Nutrition Cluster
17. UNICEF-funded nutrition programmes represent the majority
of Cluster results to treat severe acute malnutrition in 2017
16,296 SAM cases treated
through other partners in the
Cluster
UNICEF is responsible
for treating 83.9% of
the SAM cases
84,967 SAM cases
treated through UNICEF
funded programmes
Source: Somalia Nutrition Cluster
83.9%
CLUSTER 16.1%
Number of children with SAM
treated through the Nutrition Cluster
Information 31 Jan – 30 May 2017
18.
19. UNICEF has provided access to safe water to over 1.9 million people*
UNICEF Target:
2 Million people
• 1.5 Million temporary access to
water
• 0.5 Million permanent access to
water
*Out of 1.9 million, 1.54M temporary access to water and 349,000 permanent access to water
Information Jan 31 - 31 May 2017
Source: Somalia WASH Cluster
0
500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
Population reached with water
20. 647,000 people have been provided with means to practice good
hygiene and household water treatment
UNICEF Target:
1.5 million people
Information Jan 31 – 31 May 2017
Source: Somalia WASH Cluster
0
200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
1,400,000
1,600,000
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
Number of people reached with good hygiene practices and household water treatment
21. Number of people provided with
temporary and sustained water access
have increased substantially since
Jan 2017..
17,510
Sustained access to
water
345,219
0
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
FEB
Temporary
Sustained Access
Temporary access
to water
22. … With a fivefold increase in people
provided with access to safe water
since January 2017
Information 31 Jan – 31 May 2017
Source: Somalia WASH Cluster
Map information by 30 April 2017
17,510
192,500 192,500
349,502
345,219 940,673 1,241,566 1,546,166
0
400,000
800,000
1,200,000
1,600,000
2,000,000
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
400,000
FEB MAR APR MAY
Temporary
Sustained Access
Sustained access to
water
Temporary access
to water
23. Over 60% of the people now accessing temporary water through the
WASH Cluster are provided through programmes funded by UNICEF
Number of people reached
with temporary access
WASH interventions
Through the Cluster
(1 Jan - 31 May 2017)
1,546,166 people received
temporary access WASH
support through UNICEF
funded programmes
960,434 people
receive temp access
WASH support
through other Cluster
partners
Source: Somalia WASH Cluster
UNICEF targets 60% of the target population for temporary access and 56% of the
target population for sustained access to water.
Currently, it is responsible for 65% of the people reached with WASH services in 2017.
Number of people
reached with
sustained access
WASH interventions
through the Cluster
(1 Jan - 31 May 2017)
349,502 people
access WASH
support through
UNICEF funded
programmes
278,500 people
access WASH support
through other Cluster
partners
CLUSTER 40%
60%
CLUSTER 44%
56%
24.
25. Over 42,000 AWD/cholera cases treated with UNICEF support
UNICEF has exceeded its
target to treat 27,500
cases and has now
reached 42,000
as of 31 May
UNICEF Target: 27,500
Number of AWD/cholera cases treated with UNICEF support
Information 28 Feb - 31 May 2017
Source: Somalia Health Cluster
‐
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
45,000
MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
26. UNICEF AWD/cholera treatment facilities
have increased fivefold in 2017
Source: Somalia Health Cluster Information 31 Jan – 31 May 2017
3,003
4,104
11,311
12,760
13,636
0
30
60
90
120
150
0
3,000
6,000
9,000
12,000
15,000
Jan Feb Mar Apr May
Number of Centres Number of Cases
14
47
68
70
30
27. 75% of the Health Cluster’s cholera response is provided through
UNICEF-funded programmes
3 in 4 cholera
treatment centres
across the country are
supported by UNICEF
Other Cluster Partners
support a total of 25
AWD/Cholera treatment centres
70 AWD/Cholera treatment
centres supported
by UNICEF
Source: Somalia Health Cluster
75%
25%CLUSTER
Number of
AWD/cholera
treatment centres
created through the
WASH Cluster
(1 Jan - May 2017)
Total: 93
28. The AWD/cholera case fatality rate has decreased more than 30%
since the peak in February 2017
AWD/Cholera and Case Fatality Rate
Emergency
Threshold
(<1%)
Source: Somalia Health Cluster
Information 1 Jan - 28 May 2017
2.2
2.0
1.4
1.5
1.4
1.5
2.3
2.4 2.4 2.4
2.3 2.3
2.2 2.2
2.0
1.9 1.9
1.8
1.7 1.7
1.6
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
W 1 W 2 W 3 W 4 W 5 W 6 W 7 W 8 W 9 W 10 W 11 W 12 W 13 W 14 W 15 W 16 W 17 W18 W19 W20 W21
CFR (%)
Number of cases
Cases Cumulative CFR (%) Emergency Threshold <1%
29. Over 529,000 children have been
immunized against measles
UNICEF Target: 340,000
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
400,000
450,000
500,000
550,000
600,000
Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
Number of children immunized against measles
*Information 31 Jan - 15 May 2017Source: Somalia Health Cluster
30. Over 529,000 children have been
immunized against measles
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
400,000
450,000
500,000
550,000
600,000
Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
Number of children immunized against measles
*Information 31 Jan - 15 May 2017
Source: Somalia Health Cluster
UNICEF Target: 340,000
31. Over 85,000 severely acutely malnourished children have
now received life-saving treatment
Over 1.9 million people now have access to safe water
Over 647,000 have now been provided with adequate means
to practice good hygiene and household water treatment
42,000 people have now been considered treated for AWD/cholera
Over 529,000 children have been immunized against
measles
Summary
35. Addressing
underlying
causes of poor
Sanitation and C4D
by:
Prioritizing
Protection Issues
including:
Investing in
Education
including:
Preparing for
Early Recovery
from the drought
through:
Priorities Going Forward
Basic services system
strengthening
Resilience building
within communities
Expanded cash
programme and Social
Protection
Focus on increasing
sanitation
Shift to sustained
access to safe water
Behaviour change
with a focus on
hygiene practices
Community-based
protection services
Family tracing and
reunification
Psychosocial support
Services for SGBV
survivors
Monitoring of grave
violations
Access to quality
education
Protection framework
which improves
children’s well-being
Children reached with
other basic services
(WASH/CP)