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OCHA noted that assessed communities had inadequate infrastructure prior to Hurricane Matthew and that the hurricane severely damaged existing infrastructure, including an estimated 80 percent of schools and 40 percent of health centers. The assessment team found that the majority of participants displaced by the hurricane had returned to their areas of origin the assessment team also reported that no collective emergency shelters remained in use in assessed areas. The number of suspected cholera cases throughout Haiti continues to decline the nearly 1,860 new suspected cases reported in January 2017 is the lowest monthly caseload since August 2015, the UN reportsĬaribbean Hurricane Matthew - Fact Sheet #19 Ap(pdf - 184k) HUMANITARIAN ACCESS AND DISPLACEMENTįrom February 14–28, an interagency team led by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and including the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), and WFP, evaluated humanitarian conditions in 18 hard-to-reach areas of Haiti. The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) announced an additional contribution of €35 million-approximately $37.4 million-for outstanding development and humanitarian needs in Haiti.

USAID/Haiti also provided a grant to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to rehabilitate and refurbish 50 schools and, to spur agricultural recovery, funded distribution of improved and high yield seeds.

In response to Hurricane Matthew, USAID/Haiti expanded community health services, including increased water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) activities, mobile clinics, and screenings for malnutrition. WFP plans to focus on recovery operations, including asset creation activities, while maintaining support for malnutrition prevention interventions. WFP reports that the number of food-insecure people in hurricane-affected areas of Haiti has increased to approximately 1.5 million people-an increase of 500,000 people since late October 2016, according to WFP. In addition, WFP distributed specialized nutritious foods to approximately 57,000 children younger than five years of age, as well as 18,000 pregnant and nursing women. Since Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti in early October 2016, USAID/FFP partner the UN World Food Program (WFP) has reached nearly 925,000 people with approximately 19,000 metric tons (MT) of food commodities. USAID programming in Haiti reaches more than 16,600 smallholder farmers with seeds and other agricultural inputs Key Developments Suspected cholera cases continue to decline, reaching lowest monthly caseload since August 2015

WFP has reached nearly 925,000 people with food assistance since Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti in October 2016

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