Some facts and figures
LONDON (AlertNet) - The humanitarian situation in Somalia is the worst it has been in the past 10 years due to a combination of drought, rising food prices and conflict, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says.
Here's a snapshot of the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa country:
* 2.85 million Somalis require urgent aid -- that's one in three people
* At least one in three children are malnourished in parts of southern Somalia
* More than 460 Somali children have died in nutrition centres in Somalia between January and May this year
* Malnutrition rates among new arrivals in refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya range between 30 and 40 percent
* As of late June, 60,200 Somalis were registered in Kenya this year -- a more than 100 percent increase compared with the same period last year
* Life expectancy is 50.4 years, according to the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP)
* Women dying in childbirth: 1,000 per 100,000 live births reported, according to UNICEF
* One in 10 Somali children dies before their first birthday
* Primary school enrolment rate is 23 percent
* Average HIV prevalence level estimated at 0.5 percent of the population aged 15 to 49
* Percentage of people with access to safe, clean water: 29 percent
Sources: OCHA, UNICEF, UNDP
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