WFP Central African Republic Country Brief, March 2021
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USD 3.8 million cash-based transfers made
USD 54.9 m six months (April-September 2021) net funding requirements
843,554 people assisted in March 2021
Operational Updates
• The country s situation remains critical because of the growing needs, the security context, and the impact of COVID-19, all affecting food security. The disruption of markets and local food production has affected many families livelihoods and their ability to meet basic needs, especially food.
• In March, WFP reached 843,554 people in need through general food and cash-voucher distributions, home-grown school feeding, nutrition, and resiliencebuilding activities. WFP disbursed USD 3.8 million through cash-based assistance and distributed 2,791 mt of food consisting of items such as cereals, pulses, vegetable oil, and iodised salt. As a result of security constraints, beneficiaries in some areas, including Mbres, Ndele, Rafai, Dembia, Bazaar
05 Mar 21
Since the presidential and legislative elections of December 2020, a new wave of violence has swept over the Central African Republic (CAR). Over the weeks, armed clashes between the coalition of non-state armed groups and government forces backed by foreign troops erupted in many parts of the country, often taking a heavy toll on the civilian population and regularly affecting the security and work of humanitarian organizations and health facilities.
The crisis worsens the health situation
In a country already plagued by decades of civil war, this new outbreak of violence exacerbates an already alarming situation: today, more than half of the population needs humanitarian aid.
On-going humanitarian emergency threatens the nutritional status of vulnerable children and women in the Central African Republic - Nutrition Cluster Advocacy Note as of 5th February 2021
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Nutrition Cluster partners in the Central African Republic (CAR) are extremely concerned about the risk of deterioration in the nutritional status of vulnerable children and women due to the on-going humanitarian emergency.
For the 2021 CAR Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO), the Nutrition Cluster estimated that approximately 1.1 million of persons need nutrition assistance, with 205,642 children under five years acutely malnourished. 62,327 with severe acute malnutrition (SAM), who risk death without immediate treatment, and 143,315 with moderate acute malnutrition (MAM). Additionally, an estimated 37,000 pregnant or lactating women (PLW) are also malnourished making them vulnerable to maternal mortality and varied morbidities that will negatively affect their infants. Furthermore, an esti
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