UNICEF
HUMANITARIAN ACTION FOR CHILDREN 2016 OVERVIEW
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PLANNED RESULTS IN 2016
Humanitarian Action for Children 2016
The information below summarizes the global requirements for UNICEF humanitarian programmes, the total number of people and children to be reached, and the planned results in Humanitarian Action for Children 2016. TO ASSIST:
GRAND TOTAL:
US$2.8 billion
76 million people
INCLUDING:
IN:
43 million children
Figure 1. Percentage1 of total requirements per sector:
63 countries CASH TRANSFERS/ SOCIAL PROTECTION2
CHILD PROTECTION
12%
HEALTH
12%
NUTRITION
15%
3% 1% 2% 1%
21%
1%
REGIONAL PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE5
2%
RAPID RESPONSE MECHANISMS
2%
COUNTRIES IN REGIONAL CHAPTERS6
WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH)
EDUCATION
25%
OTHER3 NON-FOOD ITEMS4 CLUSTER COORDINATION
UNICEF and partners will work toward the following results in 2016:
NUTRITION
HEALTH
WASH
EDUCATION
CHILD PROTECTION
2.9 million children to be treated for severe acute malnutrition
11.7 million children to be immunized against measles
17.3 million people to have access to safe water for drinking, cooking and personal hygiene
8.2 million children to have access to formal and non-formal education
3 million children to have access to psychosocial support
HIV AND AIDS 243,500 people to have access to information, testing and treatment
CASH ASSISTANCE 2.1 million people to be reached with cash assistance
Percentages do not total 100 because of rounding. The HIV and AIDS funding requirement is less than 1 per cent of the total requirement and because of rounding does not feature in this overview. 2 Includes basic needs for Syrian refugees. 3 Includes costs from the refugee and migrant crisis in Europe and youth and adolescents programmes in Lebanon. 4 Includes early recovery for the Syrian Arab Republic. 5 Preparedness and response includes regional funding that may be used to respond to situations elsewhere in the region that are not included in a separate chapter of Humanitarian Action for Children 2016 and may not benefit from inter-agency flash appeals to respond to small- or medium-size emergencies. 6 Includes the portion of needs for the refugee and migrant crisis in Europe and the Ebola response in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. 1