Situation Repor t CAMEROON · 2021. 8. 5. · (NW S W ) regions has not been able to res pond to the mos t urgent needs . W ith no s igns of a major rais e in the f unding level,

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HIGHLIGHTS

North-West and South West situation report (1-30June 2021 )

Attacks against schools and students continue asnon-State armed groups cut the fingers of fivestudents to punish them for writing their end of cycleexams.

Urgent need for awareness raising on Mine RiskEducation in schools, and sensitization of communitymembers on improvised explosive devices risk andmitigation measures.

Two attacks have been reported against healthfacilities and medical staff in Manyu division, Mamfesubdivision and in Mom division, Batibo subdivison.

Three incidents targeting humanitarians, includingtemporary abduction, seizing of vehicles and denial ofaccess to beneficiaries.

The boundaries and names shown and the designationsused on this map do not imply official endorsement oracceptance by the United Nations.

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KEY FIGURES

Affected people inNWSW

Targeted forassistance in NWSW

IDPs within ordisplaced fromNWSW

Returnees (formerIDP) in NWSW

Cameroonianrefugees in Nigeria

2.2M 1.6M

712.8K 333.9K

67.5K

FUNDING

Required Received

FTS: https://fts.unocha.org/appeals/1030/summary

(2021)

$361.6M $77.6M

Progress

SorrAnd

21%

CONTACTS

Carla Mart inezHead of [email protected] Ilham MoussaHead of Bamenda Sub-Office, North-West [email protected] Ali Dawoudead of Sub-Office, North-West andSouth-West [email protected] Marie Bibiane MouanguePublic information [email protected]

https://reliefweb.int/report/cameroon/cameroon-humanitarian-needs-overview-2021-march-2021

https://reliefweb.int/report/cameroon/cameroon-humanitarian-response-plan-march-2021

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VISUAL

Map of IDP, from the North-West and South-West Regions of Cameroon

Source: OCHA, IOM, CHOI, Partners

The boundaries and names shown, and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptanceby the United Nations.

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BACKGROUND

Situation Overview

With only 6.8 per cent of funding secured as of 30 June 2021, the humanitarian response in the North-West and South-West(NWSW) regions has not been able to respond to the most urgent needs. With no signs of a major raise in the funding level,many partners suspended some of their projects.

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The volatile security context and the continuous violence are aggravating humanitarian needs, as affected people continueto flee their homes, seeking safety in the bushes and neighboring communities. According to the Emergency Tracking Tool(ETT) data, 12,719 persons were displaced in June alone.

The number of protection incidents almost doubled. Gender Based violence (GBV) reported cases increased, attacks againsthealth facilities and medical staff continued, and attacks against schools increased as students were writing their end-of-cycle exams.

The number of reported cases of severe acute malnutrition increased and food insecurity persisted in many areas. Partners’needs assessments reveal that the attacks on farms have scared many farmers and prevented them from cultivating theirlands during this rainy season. In other areas, farmers didn’t have access to functioning markets to sell or exchange theircrops due toprevailing insecurity along the roads or the forceful closure of rural markets and the , considered as the mainexchange and economic forums for the villagers. The market in Bafut, in the NW region, timidly resumed recently and, themarket in Guzang in Momo division, NW region, was closed in June 2021 due to inter-fighting between non-State armedgroups (NSAGs). This disfunction of local markets slowed down humanitarian partners who were planning a cash/voucherintervention in the area.

A new trend of attacks against humanitarian workers further impacted the humanitarian response especially in the NWregion. Armed groups abducted aid workers and carjacked their vehicles. UN negotiations lead to the release of abductedhumanitarian staff were released, as well as some of their vehicles. The increased use of improvised explosive devices(IEDs) keeps exposing humanitarians to high risk and hinders their free movements; 11 incidents of detonated or dismantledIED in the NWSW regions were reported. Although these IEDs attacks mainly targeted State Security Forces, some civilianswere affected, with one bike rider killed, and his passenger severely injured.

UNESCO provides access to relevant inclusiveand quality education to out-of school children,through distance learning platforms (formal andnon-formal education system) in the South-Westregion. Photo: UNESCO/Mirela Kuljanin

TRENDS

Humanitarian Response: Education

Targeted attacks and indirect attacks against education increasedafter slight pause. Five incidents were reported in June, raising thetotal number from the beginning of the year to 12 incidents.

On 16 June, in Bui division, SW region, NSAG fighters abducted threegirls aged between eight and 14 from the residence of a schoolprincipal in Elak-Oku village. On 29 June, NSAG fighters fired sporadicgunshots in the air in the immediate vicinity of three schools used ascenters for General Certificate of Education (GCE) exams in Mamfe,Manyu division creating panic among students, destroyingexamination papers, and preventing the continuation of the exams.

Education Cluster partners reached 93,863 persons including 46,229girls and 3,642 adult females with various educational interventions.Humanitarian Educational Leadership for Peace and Development(CAMHELP) distributed kits for recreational activities to 70 children,and Community Humanitarian Emergency Board (COHEB International)organized radio education program reaching 2,818 children including 125 students newly enrolled. While Green PartnershipAssociation (GPA) distributed recreational kits and menstrual hygiene kits to 91,006 students, moreover, Organization forWomen Empowerment and Development (OWED) conducted community sensitization for the prevention of COIVD-19 for 47

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participants, in addition to distribution of menstrual hygiene materials to 50 adolescent girls. Pan African Institute forDevelopment West Africa (PAID-WA) facilitated the provision of distance learning activities for 397 children including 237girls, as well as the organization of vocational training for 120 youths including 70 girls. Strategic Humanitarian Services(SHUMAS) and Sustainable Development and Humanitarian Services Foundation (SUDAHSER) supported livelihood initiativesbenefiting 115 persons including three boys, four girls and 108 adults.

IDP beneficiary of food distribution in South-West region. Credit: OCHA Giles Clarke

TRENDS

Humanitarian Response: Food Security

23 food security partners provided food, agriculture, and livelihoodsassistance to 288,609 people, with a 11 per cent decrease comparedto assistance in May. The decrease is mainly due to supply pipelinebreaks and stock shortages leading to reduction in food rations andexacerbating the food and nutritional status of the affectedpopulation. 96 per cent of reached beneficiaies received foodassistance while four per cent received agriculture and livelihoodssupport with estimated 14,535 persons supported through either cashor voucher modalities.

The increase in local prices of basic foodstuff in the two regionsnegatively affected the purchasing capacity of vulnerable householdsleaving them with limited options and thus increased theirdependency on humanitarian assistance. Only about 20 per cent of food insecure populations have been assisted sinceJanuary 2021.

Additionnally, the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Norwegian Refugees Council (NRC) have concluded their targeting andbeneficiary validation exercise enabling them to start e-voucher food assistance, agriculture and livelihoods activities whichare expected to reach about 30,000 persons in the NWSW regions.

To strengthen the capacity of food security partners, the cluster is planning a GBV mainstreaming training in Augusttargeting 40 partners in close collaboration with the GBV area of responsibility (AoR). The World Food Programme (WFP)carried out induction training with its Cooperating Partners (CPs) on humanitarian response and food distribution, nutritionrefresher, post distribution monitoring (PDM), third party monitoring (TPM) and training of enumerators for the ongoingbeneficiaries targeting exercise. In addition, FAO trained 60 persons on Farmer Field School (FFS) approach and Agriculturalbest practices in line with the establishment of 24 FFS. The Farmer Field Schools (FFS) is a group-based adult learningapproach that teaches farmers how to experiment and solve problems independently.

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TRENDS

Humanitarian Response: Health

Partners intensified the vaccination campaign against COVID-19. The current vaccination coverage of targeted population is2.1 per cent in the NW and one per cent in the SW. There was an increase in the positivity rate of tests conducted in theNW from 6.7 per cent in May to nine per cent in June. The positivity rate in the SW region dropped from 3.3 per cent in Mayto 2.4 per cent in June.

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MSF Community health volunteer providing freeconsultation to IDPs in South West region

Despite the low funding rate and security challenges, Health Clusterpartners continued to support affected populations. World Healthorganization (WHO), through the Pandemic Emergency FinancingFacility (PEF) of the World Bank, started working to extend theintensive care units of the regional hospitals in Buea and Limbe in theSW, and Bamenda in the NW, and to renovate the EmergencyOperation Centre (EOC) of the regional delegation of Bamenda.UNICEF and partners including Caritas Kumba, Caritas Mamfe, andCaritas Bamenda supported the regional delegations of health toprovide lifesaving services, including routine vaccination for childrenand pregnant women in seven health districts: three in the NW andfour in the SW. 7,321 children aged 0-11 months and 1,674 pregnantwomen received missed doses of vaccines. Partners treated 365 children aged 0-59 months for acute respiratory tractinfections, 633 children for diarrhea, while about 1,005 households received long lasting insecticide treated mosquito nets.

Attacks on healthcare facilities remained a major threat to the access and availability of health care services and limitsCOVID-19 vaccination campaign. Two incidents of detention and kidnapping were reported: one in Mamfe health district(SW) and another in Batibo health district in the NW.

A child with severe acute malnutrition admittedfor treatment at the limbe regional hospitalsupported by UNICEF Credit: UNICEF/SalomonBeguel

TRENDS

Humanitarian Response: Nutrition

Partners screened 30,392 children including 13,291 boys and 17,101girls for acute malnutrition. The screening identified that 67 children,representing 0.2 per cent, suffered from severe acute malnutrition(SAM). Nutrition partners referred them for appropriate management.Partners also identified 148 children, equivalent to 0.4 per cent, withmoderate acute malnutrition (MAM). Cumulatively from January toJune 2021, partners identified 350 children including 158 boys and192 girls with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and referred them fortreatment which represents only eight per cent of the total estimatedSAM caseload of 4,000 for 2021. Nutrition partners reached 13,371caregivers including 8,905 women and 4,466 men with key messageson optimal infant and young child feeding practices integratingCOVID-19 specific messages, mainly during blanket supplementaryfeeding program (BSFP) and general food distribution (GFD) activities.10,823 children including 5,316 boys and 5,507 girls aged 6 to 23 months and 6,505 pregnant and lactating women inlocations, identified as food insecure, received specialized nutritious food (SNF) through BSFP.

Preparations for the upcoming nutrition survey have commenced Partners will carry out the survey, which uses theStandardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transitions (SMART) methodology, between August and September2021.

Frequent lockdowns, especially in the Eyumodjock area in Manyu Division (SW), and the onset of the rains have greatlyaffected the implementation of screening, distribution of SNF and follow up of beneficiaries.

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TRENDS

Humanitarian Response: Protection

890 protection incidents were reported, with 21 per cent entailing theft, extortion, or destruction of personal property, 18 percent of total or partial destruction of habitat, and 14 per cent of arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention. This is almostdouble the figures of May where about 458 incidents were recorded. Men and boys remain the main affected vulnerablegroup representing between 85 and 95 per cent, because they are regularly suspected of associating with NSAGs and theyare viewed by the community as being strong enough to fend for themselves. Protection partners have revealed that 45 percent of the affected population, mostly displaced persons, are facing have difficulties in finding decent and affordablehousing and 70 per cent of displaced persons are at risk of forced eviction.

The increase in the number of protection incidents is due to, among other factors, an increased coverage of localities byprotection partners, with additionnal protection partners and programmes covering new areas and communities. There arehence many unreported incidents which makes the situation more critical and the response more essential. Risingcriminality, attacks on communities and increased presence of NSAGs at local level might be the reasin behind thedestruction of goods and property. In addition, Protection partners are inreasingly raising beneficiaries awareness in theimportance of reporting protection incidents. They established a hotline number through which people are encouraged toreport.

Many divisions, such as Momo, Donga-Mantung, Ngo-Ketunjia and Menchum divisions in the NW, and Lebialem in the SWare still poorly covered by protection monitoring activities due to lack of funding.

Protection actors reached 1,590 individuals in Bamenda, NW region, including 438 males and 1,125 females throughawareness sessions on housing, land and property rights (HLP). 118 individuals have benefited from training on HLP andcollaborative dispute resolution (CDR) in Fako and Meme divisions of the SW. 848 persons received legal support on access,while 489 received targeted protection assistance.

More funding and partners involvement are still required to meet the minimum needs of affected popupation in the tworegions.

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TRENDS

Humanitarian Response: Child Protection Area of Responsibility (AoR)

With the launching of the national Common Entrance Examinations, NSAGs significantly increased attacks on schools andchildren with the burning of school premises and abduction of students who were either taking or preparing to takeexaminations. The use of IEDs continued to be a security concern. While NSAGs are targeting government State securityconvoys and posts with the use of IEDs, civilians and particularly children are directly and indirectly being affected. UNICEFhas called for the prioritization of Mine Risk Education (MRE) in schools and among communities. UNICEF, UNHCR, andUNFPA have thus developed a platform for the reporting of incidents related to sexual violence against children whichpartners have started using.

CP AoR actors continued to provide child protection services to the affected communities, reaching 39,356 children andcaregivers including 19,852 females and 19,504 males. Beneficiaries reached in June are double the ones reached in May,due to an increase in the number of partners who reported their activities. CP AoR actors reached 5,438 children including2,528 girls and 2,902 boys and eight caregivers including five women and three men, with mental health and psychosocialsupport (MHPSS) in psychosocial support units, child friendly and other safe spaces. 1,721 children including 883 girls and837 boys were referred through community-based child protection mechanisms (CBCPMs). Partners provided GBV services

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to 24 beneficiaries including 12 girls, four boys and eight women. Additionally, CP AoR actors reached 32,122 children andcaregivers including 9,509 girls, 6,276 boys, 6,878 women, and 9,459 men with awareness raising sessions on childprotection risks, GBV and the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, 27 children including four girls and 23 boys were providedwith legal services. Lastly, 40 unaccompanied and separated children, 25 girls and 15 boys were provided with alternativecare.

In the on-going child protection case management project, CP AoR actors reached 745 children with services, including 407girls and 338 boys in the SWNW regions. Out of these, 395 cases including 222 girls and 173 boys were referred tospecialized services through the CP AoR referral pathways.

TRENDS

Humanitarian Response: GBV Area of Responsibility

The number of reported GBV cases tripled in the second quarter of the year 2021, where 3,511 cases were reportedcompared to 1,064 cases reported in the first quarter. This increase could be explained by the significant number ofcommunity outreach activities and the increasing number of partners who shared GBV incident data.

1,943 GBV cases were reported to GBV specialized services providers. It worth mentioning that 93 per cent of survivors ofthe GBV incidents are women, with one per cent of which are survivors with disabilities, and 36 per cent are children.Survivors received holistic support with various services including psychosocial support to 42 per cent, healthcare to 24 percent, and livelihood services to 21 per cent. Regarding typology of reported incidents, 26 per cent are denial of resources oropportunities, 13 per cent are physical assault, 35 per cent are emotional abuse and 23 per cent are sexual violence. Thereis a critical need to scale up lifesaving GBV services and to advocate for access to affected communities in hard to reachareas.

A total number of 33,130 persons were reached by GBV prevention and response interventions including 29, 428 in the NWand 3,652 in the SW. The main assistance included livelihood activities to 564 women and girls’ survivors of sexualexploitation, 28 services providers trained on how to deal with male survivors, 80 women and girls received dignity kits.Meanwhile 93 persons received psychosocial support, in addition to 12,121 people reached by GBV risk mitigation activitiesand 19,804 people reached by GBV awareness raising activities.

A workshop to finalize the GBV Information Management System (GBVIMS), information sharing protocol was held in Doualafrom 23 to 24 June. The main objective of the information sharing protocol was to set out the guiding principles anddescribe procedures for sharing monthly, quarterly, and annually, anonymous statistical data on reported cases of GBVcaptured by the GBVIMS for consolidation. A total of 24 participants from nine national and international organizations willbe joining the first round of the GBVIMS roll up in both regions, noting that, coordinating agencies such as UNICEF andUNFPA attended the workshop. The finalized document is under review and the signing process will start in the upcomingweeks.

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TRENDS

Humanitarian Response: Shelter/NFI

From January to June 2021, PLAN International, Danish Refugees Council (DRC), Norwegian Refugees Council (NRC),SHUMAS and COHESODEC assisted 58,600 individuals from 11,720 households in NWSW regions. They assisted 37,730individuals from 7,546 households with shelter kits and 20,810 individuals from 4,162 households with core relief items. This

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response represents eight per cent and sixteen per cent of population’s needs respectively in pure shelter and jointshelter/NFI assistance, according to the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) 2021.

15,178 individuals from 2,672 households were assisted through Shelter/NFI interventions, including 4,348 individuals from780 households in the NW region and 10,839 individuals from 1,886 households in the SW. In the NW, the NorwegianRefugee Council (NRC) reported distribution of 500 emergency shelter kits in Bamenda 2 subdivision reaching 2,859 peopleincluding 1,458 females and 1,401 males. PLAN International distributed 286 core relief items in Alabukam village inBamenda 2 subdivision reaching 1,489 individuals including 754 females and 759 males. In the SW, Plan Internationaldistributed 1,600 emergency shelter kits in five villages in Meme and Fako divisions reaching 9,322 individuals including4,754 females and 4,568 males. Moreover, core relief items were distributed to 1,517 individuals including 758 females and759 males in Mondoni village, Tiko subdivision. 9 individuals including 5,497 females and 5,282 males.

TRENDS

Humanitarian Response: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

The total number of people reached through WASH interventions in the NWSW regions has increased by123 per cent, from48,804 individuals in May to 108,788 individuals. A total of 86,887 individuals, equivalent to 80 per cent, of total beneficiariesreached, benefited as well from hygiene promotion activities including sensitization on COVID-19 transmission andpreventive measures.

86,887 persons benefited from hygiene promotion and sensitization on COVID-19, 18,522 persons received WASH kits, and601 persons benefitted from latrines constructed by WASH partners. Partners trained 00 persons on the use of hygiene kits,and volunteers and hygiene promoters reached 178 people with awareness raising. WASH partners installed threehandwashing stations reaching 600 people and water-treatment facilities in Ngwo village in Njikwa sub-division, Momodivision in the NW, reaching 2,000 people.

Increasing insecurity in some parts of Kumba, Kumbo, and Jakiri and insufficient funding for WASH projects continued to bethe major constraints in fulfilling WASH objectives in the 2021 Humaniatrian Response Plan.

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COORDINATION

Humanitarian Coordination

OCHA trained 97 staff of 46 NGOs on humanitarian principles.

The funding situation remains a major preoccupation and OCHA continues its efforts to raise awareness on the situationand advocate for increased funding.

OCHA led two Inter-Agency humanitarian missions. On 11 June, the mission to Bafut subdivision in the NW focused onmonitoring the humanitarian situation and conducting a rapid assessment of the most urgent needs and identifying gaps inhumanitarian response especially in rural areas of the sub-division, while the mission to Kumba and Mamfe in the SW, on 2and 3 June, focused on humanitarian coordination.

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EMERGENCY RESPONSE

COVID-19 Situation report - It covers the period from 1 to 30 June 2021.

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Infection rate per 10,000 people Source:Cameroon COVID-19 Situation report n.77 (from27 May to 2 June 2021)

HIGHLIGHT S

For more than seven weeks, new COVID-19 cases havedecreased. From 23 to 30 June, the number of cases detectedper week decreased from 1,821 to 162.

As of 30 June 2021, the Ministry of Public Health (MoH) recorded1,872 active cases in the country. Cameroon is the ninth Africancountry in relation to the number of total infections since thebeginning of the pandemic.

As of 28 June 2021, a total of 110,324 doses of COVID-19vaccine have been administered across the country and 21,991people are fully vaccinated.

From April to June 2021, UNHCR registered 226 cumulativeCOVID-19 cases among over 3,000 refugees tested in UNHCRsupported health centres.

On 16 June, the Minister of Public Health Mr. ManaoudaMalachie organized a joint press conference aiming to raiseawareness on vaccination against COVID-19 and encourageacceptance.

80,953 COVID-19 cases

1,872 active cases

2,804 healthcare workers infected

1.8M cumulation of samples tested for COVID-19 (TDR+PCR)

110,324 vaccine doses administrated

1,6% Fatality rate

SIT UAT ION OVERVIEW

The number of COVID-19 new cases has considerably dropped in Cameroon in the last four weeks. The overall positivityrate for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) diagnostic and Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) decreased from six per cent with 180positive cases, from 17 to 23 June, to less than two per cent, from 24 to 30 June, with 162 new cases per week. On 11June, during a working visit to the Edea regional hospital in the Littoral region and the Kribi district hospital in the East, theMinister of Public Health acknowledged health personnel’s efforts exerted in the fight against COVID-19. He alsoencouraged them to get vaccinated against the virus. On 16 June, UNICEF announced the receipt of funding amounting toUS$300,000 to strengthen Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) activities. The funding will be allocatedmainly to enhance awareness activities in order to engage additional health personnel who remain against COVID-19vaccine. On 16 June, during his address to the President of the Scientific Council, technical partners, and mediaprofessionals, the Minister of Health recalled the objectives of the national vaccination plan against COVID-19. He presentedthe COVID-19 activities of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) which includes an operational plan to meet allthe minimum requirements in terms of pharmacovigilance, coordination with the support of advisory groups, training of thepersonnel, guarantee of the cold chain, data monitoring, and communication and provision of immunization servicesnecessary for the introduction of a new vaccine. According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommendations onCOVID-19 as of June 2021, following a second wave of the virus peaking in March 2021, cases and deaths considerablydecreased, as per the decrease in PCR tests’ positivity rate. However, vigilance must be maintained in order to avoid a third




wave, which is likely to occur at the end of the year if compliance with barrier measures and vaccination are not reinforced.The vaccination campaign is also ongoing within United Nations Agencies and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs). As of30 June, 653 people including 467 staff and 186 dependents have received the first vaccine dose at the UN Clinic. 197people including 172 staff and 25 dependents received the second dose. The people who received at least one doserepresent about ten per cent of the total staff and their dependents in Cameroon. The UN clinic has been engaged inawareness raising campaigns on COVID-19 and vaccination for several weeks. The head of UN Clinic Dr. Ahmet Seckaconducted awareness raising sessions in six UN agencies: World Food Programme (WFP), UNHCR, World Bank, OCHA,UNFPA, and UNESCO.

Gaps & constraints

Low vaccine coverage and high risk of the spread of a severe third wave, given the different variants circulatingwithin the country.

185,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine at risk of expiring by 23 August 2021 as of 26 June 2021.

As of June, UNHCR has received only 26 per cent of the required funding for the 2021 COVID-19 response.

Most of the partners have suspended COVID-19 activities because of lack of funding, although the threat is stillpresent.

EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Case management, Infection, Prevention and Control (IPC)

Needs:

Preparedness measures to reduce the risk of occurrence of a third wave.

Response:

The MoH elaborated a status report on the implementation of the immunization plan as of 16 June. The report indicated thefollowing:

244 immunization centres are functional throughout the country;

575 immunization teams, including 191 district management teams, 191 regional supervisors, and 36 centralsupervisors are trained on immunization operations;

191 districts and ten regional adverse event monitoring focal points have been trained and deployed;

Kits for rapid management of adverse events are provided in all immunization centers; $

The first round of the five-days intensive immunization campaign is implemented in the 191 districts of the countryand followed by daily immunization sessions in immunization centers;

Members of the Government, parliament and administrative authorities in the regions are vaccinated against COVID-19. UNHCR donated critical equipment to Bamenda regional hospital, to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Theorganization also ensured medical screening, COVID-19 testing and provided masks for 1,444 individuals, 362Nigerian refugee households voluntarily returning to Banki and Bama in Nigeria from the Minawao camp in the FarNorth region. According to UNHCR’s report, as of 30 June 2021, 2,727 refugees received the COVID-19 vaccine aspart of the national vaccination campaign. According to the results of the monitoring on adverse events followingimmunization (AEFI) in the refugee population, only one per cent (35 persons) of the vaccinated refugee population

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presented symptoms (low to mild). UNHCR continued to integrate in its programmes implementation the distributionof core-relief items (CRIs), composed of soap bars, to promote handwashing for internally displaced people (IDPs) inthe North-West and South-West regions as well as the sensitization on COVID-19 preventive measures. CRIspackages were also distributed in detention centers in Bamenda in the North-West and Batouri in the East as part ofthe COVID-19 response.

Gaps & Constraints:

No specific preparedness measures taken to reduce the risk of a third wave.

The immunization plan did not include a strategy for the school holiday period.

Lack of a sustainable capacity building strategy for health care personnel and continuity of care.

Weak integration of COVID-19 control measures into the national disease surveillance and control system.

EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE)

Needs:

While the vaccination of refugees is ongoing in camps and sites in the East and the Far North regions, moreresources are required to strengthen awareness campaigns on the importance of vaccination for refugees both incamps and in urban areas.

Response:

Since the kick-off of the vaccination campaign, UNHCR is providing information and individual counselling duringregistration and verification activities on COVID-19 vaccines and the respect of barrier measures.

From 1 to 30 June, under the leadership of UNICEF and WHO, the RCCE group conducted several awareness andcommunity mobilization activities, notably the briefing of central and regional supervisors of immunization teams toprepare them for the COVID-19 immunization campaign.

UNICEF, WHO, Breakthrough Action, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the InternationalFederation of Red Cross (IFRC) presented the preliminary results of the socio-anthropological study on COVID-19 witha focus on vaccination implemented in five regions: Centre, Littoral, West, North-West, and South-West.

Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), UNICEF, and WHO organized a scientific cafe discussion with the scientifichealth societies, the professional orders of health, communicators/journalists, influencers/bloggers in Kribi, Southregion, from 23 June to 3 July 2021.

UNICEF, WHO and CDC involved and trained web influencers, including bloggers, scientific societies to relayawareness messages on COVID-19 vaccination on social media.

UNICEF is conducting a digital campaign on social media platform including Facebook and Twitter, with thepublication of awareness messages. The campaign will continue until December 2021.

UNICEF also developed a chatbot WhatsApp application for frequently asked questions about COVID-19 vaccination.

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EMERGENCY RESPONSE (5 Aug 2021)




This report is produced by OCHA Cameroon in collaboration with humanitarian partners and COVID-19 Task Force.OCHA coordinates the global emergency response to save lives and protect people in humanitarian crises.

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Needs:

The limited storage capacity and other logistic challenges ensuring a regular supply chain cause intermittentavailability of COVID-19 vaccine doses in some refugee sites and remote areas. It is important to reinforce the coldchain and support proper planning of the distribution of vaccines in remote areas.

Response:

UNHCR donated to Bamenda Regional Hospital critical equipment to respond to the COVID19 pandemic

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Situation Repor t CAMEROON · 2021. 8. 5. · (NW S W ) regions has not been able to res pond to the mos t urgent needs . W ith no s igns of a major rais e in the f unding level,