LIBREVILLE, Gabon, 20 janvier 2012/African Press Organization (APO):Editorial du Directeur Exécutif de l’ONUSIDA sur la Coupe d’Afrique des Nations 2012: L’Afrique gagnante contre le sida
Par Michel Sidibé, Directeur exécutif du Programme commun des Nations Unies sur le VIH/sida et sous-Secrétaire général des Nations Unies (ONUSIDA)
For more information or for contributions to this newsletter, please contact:
Laura Fultang | fultangl@un.org | +236 70 18 80 64
Gisèle Willybiro- Maïdou | willybiro@un.org | +236 70 18 80 61
Signature du plan d’action du plan cadre des Nations Unies pour la consolidation de la paix et l’aid au développement en République centrafricaine (UNDAF+) 2012-2016
Voeux 2012 du Représentant Spécial Adjoint du Secrétaire Général de l’ONU
La Caravane de la Paix et de la Réconciliation : « Siriri a ga awe !», « Siriri ayeke kota mossoro » (« La paix est de retour ! », « La paix est la plus précieuse des richesses »)
Le Secrétaire Général de l’ONU a salué les initiatives de réconciliation en RCA
Deux Nouveaux Bâtiments à l’hôpital préfectoral de N’délé
Au-delà de la Caravane, finaliser le processus de DDR en RCA : 22 millions de dollars requis
Interview-bilan de M. Bo Schack, RSASG, CR, CH, RR : « J’ai appris la patience, l’humilité aussi et une certaine détermination à toujours regarder vers l’avant… »
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Laura Fultang | fultangl@un.org | +236 70 18 80 64
Gisèle Willybiro- Maïdou | willybiro@un.org | +236 70 18 80 61
This is a plea for the Central African Republic. The Central African Republic (CAR) today finds itself in a state of chronic medical emergency. Five separate retrospective mortality surveys, carried out by MSF and other researchers, in prefectures accounting for the majority of the population, show excess mortality above what is considered to be the “emergency threshold.”
And yet the commitment by the country’s government and by the international community is going in the wrong direction. The government has been decreasing its investments in health, as have international donors, while humanitarian assistance has failed to reduce the widespread medical crisis.
The risk is high that the Central African Republic will become trapped: not considered urgent enough for significant emergency aid; not considered trustworthy enough for meaningful development assistance.
For the sake of CAR’s 4.4 million people, this cannot be allowed to happen. Existing levels of medical assistance are plainly insufficient to the scale of the needs. The country needs more actors conducting larger medical operations that reach more of the population.
In this paper, we outline the experiences, analyses and concerns of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) after 14 years working in the country. The report opens with a summary of the published evidence on CAR’s mortality over the past 18 months by MSF and other researchers. We then analyse the various causes for this before summarising the inadequate existing levels of assistance provided by all the various actors, including firstly the government of CAR, but also the international community including ourselves. We conclude with a call for greater medical assistance to the country.
Central African Republic: Humanitarian presence in the field (October 2011)
This map shows humanitarian actor’s sub-office and base locations in the field in the CAR. The map was produced by the OCHA office in Bangui with the generous support of the humanitarian community. Download the map in PDF (126KB) here: English version | Version française
Central African Republic: Areas of intervention per cluster (October 2011)
These maps show the areas of intervention of humanitarian projects in the CAR by cluster. The maps were produced by the cluster leads and co-leads with the generous support of the humanitarian community. Download the maps in PDF (655KB) here: English version | Version française
Find all map products for CAR from the HDPT community on the Maps pages of the HDPT CAR website http://hdptcar.net/blog/maps/. We hope that these products will be useful to your work.
The ACTED team recently gave a presentation to the HDPT community on their multi-sector evaluation of Djémah, in the Haut-Mbomou préfecture of south-eastern CAR. The evaluation covers security, logistics, nutrition, food security, agriculture, water and sanitation, health, economic development, education, protection and advocacy. Download the presentation given to the HDPT community here >>
For more information, please contact:
Perrine Laissus
Reporting Manager
ACTED Central African Republic
perrine.laissus@acted.org
Central African Republic: Consolidated Appeal 2011 Mid-Year Review
In the midst of a still-fragile regional context, the Central African Republic (CAR) has achieved a significant step towards peace consolidation, with the peaceful holding of national elections in early 2011. In spite of the many claims put forward by the opposition regarding the legitimacy of the parliamentary election results, incumbent President Bozize was re-elected for a second term without major incidents. However, this important achievement has not yet brought the anticipated improvements for the vast majority of the CAR population.
In the north-west where the majority of the internally displaced people are located, little progress has been made towards building an environment conducive to durable returns. Similarly, CAR refugees in both Cameroon and Chad await further guarantees before returning to their home country. Whilst a comprehensive reintegration strategy has been agreed by the Government and its partners, no concrete steps have yet been taken in the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) process, in spite of the strong will of the Government to do so.
Une mission d’évaluation rapide multi-sectorielle a été réalisée par l’ONG ACTED (Agence d’Aide à la Coopération Technique et au Développement) dans la sous-préfecture de Djémah du 3 au 4 juillet 2011 pour évaluer les besoins des populations de cette zone enclavée.
La sous-préfecture de Djémah souffre de l’enclavement lié à la dégradation sécuritaire sur la Préfecture du Haut-Mbomou qui limite l’accès humanitaire à la zone et donc les interventions visant à soutenir la couverture des besoins essentiels. ACTED intervient à Djémah depuis 2009 dans le cadre d’un financement EuropeAid de promotion des micro-projets. L’ONG a mené une évaluation rapide début juillet 2011 afin d’identifier les besoins multi-sectoriels des 2919 habitants de la sous-préfecture de Djémah. La ville de Djémah est divisée en 3 grands quartiers (Ourou, Fouka et Centre Urbain) composés de 6 villages (Tourombo, Fouka, Centre Urbain, Ourou I, Ourou II, Mabon).
Between November 3 and 25 2010, two COOPI teams conducted an evaluation of the humanitarian situation in two sub-prefectures of the Haut-Mbomou prefecture, Obo and Bambouti, with a focus on the Mboki, Obo and Bambouti axis. The final report includes information on the security situation, the humanitarian actors and locations of intervention, the results of the evaluation in the sectors of education, protection, food security and livelihoods, health and water and sanitation and the questionnaire used for the evaluation.
The MENTOR Initiative (MENTOR) has been operational in Central African Republic (CAR) since February 2008 with emergency programmes in the north-western prefectures of Ouham and Ouham Pende. Recent armed conflict and banditry have caused a number of people to flee into the neighbouring countries of Chad and Cameroon, whilst others have been internally displaced. Limited shelter increased exposure to malarial vectors, exacerbating the risk of contracting malaria. Since 2008, an estimated 200,000 people, from both displaced and host populations, have benefited from MENTOR programmes that focus on reducing the risk of malaria in pregnant women and children less than 5 years of age.
In order to assess the impact of the interventions among the beneficiaries, particularly in the fields of health seeking behaviour and bed net use, a Knowledge-Attitude-Practice (KAP) survey was conducted in April 2010.
The UNICEF office in the Central African Republic has just published their monthly report for August 2009. It contains an overview on the current humanitarian, political and security situation, and provides an update on UNICEF’s ongoing activities in CAR.
Here is the summary of activities and events in August 2009:
Preliminary assessments conducted in Mambéré Kadei, Sangha Mbaéré and Lobaye by MSF Spain/Belgium, MSF France and ACF revealed that 16% of children aged under 5 are acutely malnourished and 6.6% are severely acutely malnourished. UNICEF is appealing to donors for $1.5 million for lifesaving therapeutic foods, drugs and other supplies; to conduct a national nutritional survey; and train community health workers in early detection of children and women whose nutritional status is compromised.
6 schools rehabilitated by ACTED were inaugurated in the presence of the Minister of Education in 3 prefectures of the country: Ouham, Nana Gribizi and Bamingui Bangoran. These schools will allow 1,350 children to learn in better conditions in the upcoming new school year 2009-2010.
Mid-Year Annual Work Plan (AWP) reviews were organised by the programme sections and sub-offices to compare the activities so far implemented to those initially planned. The AWP was revised to better reflect reality for the rest of the year.
UNICEF provided financial support to organise training to strengthen the capacity of the school directors, teachers and parents. 130 school directors from Ouham Pendé and 59 from Bamingui Bangoran received training in school management and legislation; 274 parent-teachers from Ouham, 104 from Haute-Kotto, 90 from Bamingui Bangoran and 130 from Kémo were trained on their teaching skills; and 220 members of the PTA of Bossangoa and Bouca were trained on the role of the PTA.
101 children (94 boys, 17 girls) associated with armed groups who were released in July were reunified with their families and relatives. To date, UNICEF partners DRC and IRC have supported the reunification and community reintegration of a total number of 361 children (310 boys, 51 girls) formerly associated with the APRD since the child DDR programme began in May 2009.
The preparatory work for the water and sanitation sector Round Table continued, with the opening of the website at http://tableronde-eau.minplan-rca.org/home and relevant documents uploaded on the site. The round table will be held in Bangui on 8 October 2009.
For more information on UNICEF’s activities in the Central African Republic contact:
Hyewon Lee | Reports Officer | UNICEF CAR
Email: hlee@unicef.org | Tel. +236 75 70 63 90
The Humanitarian and Development Partnership Team (HDPT) unites all organizations working to alleviate the humanitarian and development crisis in the Central African Republic: United Nations agencies, the Red Cross Movement, NGOs and other organizations. For more information, visit About HDPT CAR or email us at info[at]hdptcar.net
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