WFP Madagascar Country Brief, April 2021
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In Numbers
351,348 people assisted through in-kind and cash assistance as a part of the emergency drought response in April 2021
WFP supported moderate acute malnutrition treatment for
13,218 children under five years in the districts of Amboasary, Ambovombe, Bekily and Ampanihy in April 2021
USD 74 million net funding requirements for the emergency response for the next six months (May – October 2021)
Key Highlights
Latest IPC conducted in April 2021 reveals a dramatic situation: 1.14 million people need urgent assistance (IPC Phase 3 or above), of which 14,000 are critically food insecure (Catastrophe or IPC Phase 5). The situation is expected to continue deteriorating from October to December 2021, bringing the number of people in IPC Phase 3 or above to 1.31 million, and the population in Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5) will likely double.