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    The drought is forcing more than 10 million people across East Africa to rely on emergency food aid. The drought has inflicted wide-scale crop failure, food shortages and skyrocketing food prices in already resource-poor communities. International Medical Corps' ERT is assessing needs and working with the Ethiopian government's Administration for refugee and returnee affairs.

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    The drought is forcing more than 10 million people across East Africa to rely on emergency food aid. The drought has inflicted wide-scale crop failure, food shortages and skyrocketing food prices in already resource-poor communities. International Medical Corps' ERT is assessing needs and working with the Ethiopian government's Administration for refugee and returnee affairs.

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    East Africa Drought Press Release 7.12.2011 FINAL

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    The drought is forcing more than 10 million people across East Africa to rely on emergency food aid. The drought has inflicted wide-scale crop failure, food shortages and skyrocketing food prices in already resource-poor communities. International Medical Corps' ERT is assessing needs and working with the Ethiopian government's Administration for refugee and returnee affairs.

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    Acute Malnutrition & High Risk of Child Mortality For Somali Refugees Caught in Drought Crisis; International Medical

    Corps Teams Responding


    JayaVadlamudi SeniorCommunicationsOfficer jvadlamudi@InternationalMedicalCorps.org +1310.826.7800 July12,2011LosAngeles,Calif.InternationalMedicalCorpsEmergencyResponseTeam(ERT)has deployedtotheDoloAdorefugeecampsintheSomaliRegionofEthiopia,wheretheworstdrought crisisin60yearsiscreatingapotentialhumanitariancrisis.AccordingtotheUN,thedroughtisforcing morethan10millionpeopleacrossEastAfricatorelyonemergencyfoodaidincludinginSomalia, Ethiopia,andKenya,whereInternationalMedicalCorpshasteamsonthegroundprovidinghealthcare services. Causedbyconsecutivedryrainyseasons,thedroughthasinflictedwidescalecropfailure,food shortagesandskyrocketingfoodpricesinalreadyresourcepoorcommunities.Somalisinsearchof basicresourcesandshelterhavebeenfloodingintotheDoloAdocampswhereInternationalMedical Corpshasbeenworkingsince2009.AJuneUNHCRnutritionsurveyreportsthatapproximately33 percentofchildrenattwoofthecampsareacutelymalnourishedandchildmortalityisagreat humanitarianconcernintheregion. Inresponse,InternationalMedicalCorpsERTisassessingneedsandworkingwiththeEthiopian governmentsAdministrationforRefugeeandReturneeAffairs(ARRA),theUNandpartnerNGOsto developaworkplanforsupplementaryandtherapeuticfeedingpointsthroughoutthecamps.To combatdecliningsanitationandhygieneconditionsthatcouldleadtotherapidspreadofcommunicable disease,InternationalMedicalCorpsplanstoconstructadditionallatrinesandbathingareastoservethe growingpopulationaswellastraincommunitymembersinsafehygienepractices. Since2003,InternationalMedicalCorpshasoperatedamultifacetedprograminEthiopiatoaddress nutrition,water/sanitation/hygiene(WASH),reproductivehealthandgenderbasedviolence.The organizationsnationalteamwillcontinuetoworkwiththelocalMinistryofHealthtostrengthen capacity,fillgapsandmeethumanitarianneedsthroughoutEthiopia. InKenya,wherethegovernmenthasdeclaredthedroughtanationaldisaster,InternationalMedical Corpsisworkingtoexpandtheorganizationsexistingnutritionservicesinthreeareashardhitbythe drought:Samburu,TanaRiverandIsiolo.AsthenumberofSomalisinneedofemergencyhumanitarian assistancehasincreasedby25percentsincemid2010,andisexpectedtoincreaseinthecoming months,InternationalMedicalCorpsispreparingtoaddressnutritionandWASHneedsinCentral SomaliaandisalreadyaddressingnutritionneedsinSomaliland. Sinceitsinceptionmorethan25yearsago,InternationalMedicalCorpsmissionhasbeenconsistent: relievethesufferingofthoseimpactedbywar,naturaldisasteranddisease,bydeliveringvitalhealth careservicesthatfocusontraining.Thisapproachofhelpingpeoplehelpthemselvesiscriticalto returningdevastatedpopulationstoselfreliance.Formoreinformationvisit: www.InternationalMedicalCorps.org.AlsoseeusonFacebookandfollowusonTwitter.

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