Regional Overview
Malawi
According to a recent Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee (MVAC) assessment, an estimated 615,837 people will need assistance for 2 to 5 months from March 2015 onwards, requiring an equivalent of 23,750 tons of maize.
The main air operations of the Logistics Cluster for the flood response will cease today, 23 March. Roads to previously isolated areas are re-opening.
There has been an upward trend in the number of new cholera cases in Nsanje, Chikwawa and Lilongwe districts (56 new cases in the past week), bringing the total number of cases in Malawi to 148 since 11 Feb 2015. According to UNICEF, cholera-affected districts in Malawi have enough medical supplies for cholera case management, and plans are also underway to give the cholera vaccine to 160,000 people living in the camps and surround- ing communities in Nsanje district.
Madagascar
With rains having ceased for now and flood waters receding, those displaced are slowly returning to their homes, although 3,539 people still remain at the consolidated government displacement site of Andohatapenaka, as well as in other informal sites across the capital.
Mozambique The total number of cholera cases confirmed in Mozambique since Dec 2014 stands at 6,737, with 51 deaths. There is an overall downward trend in the number of new cholera cases in Mozambique. However, Zambezia Province experienced an increasing trend with 364 new cases reported over the past week and 2 new districts affected.
Zimbabwe
No new cases of cholera have been reported in Zimbabwe during the past week, with the total number of cases since late Feb 2015 remaining at 14, with no deaths.