nlp-thedeep/humsetbias huggingface dataset:
[ 28th Jun 2021, Yobe State ]  Two critical aid facilities including a nutrition stabilization center and women's protection/empowerment unit – both run by an INGO partner – were directly targeted by suspected non state armed group  ( NSAG )  operatives in Gujba town, Gujba LGA during the week. The nutrition stabilization center was hosting some 38 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition  ( SAM )  at the time of the attack on 17 June. Although staff managed to escape with all the sick children unhurt, vital supplies including food, NFIs, water hygiene and sanitation  ( WASH )  kits and lighting equipment were looted from the facility. Sewing machines and other equipment stockpiled to support vulnerable women were also stolen from a women's empowerment facility in the same location during the attack. It was the second attack directly targeting the nutrition stabilization facility this year as partners continue to contend with an insecure operating context to sustain critical services to affected and vulnerable populations in the state.
[ 11th June 2021, Yobe state ] Reporting of Cases of Child Abuse: Majority 35% of the respondents said they report cases of child abuse to community leaders and/or religiouse leaders. The second option is reporting to parents  ( 25% ) ; reporting to police  ( 15% ) ; reporting to health workers  ( 9% ) ; reporting to women leaders  ( 6% ) ; to Civilian Joint Task Force  ( JTF )  at 3%; to teacher 2% and to neighors 2%.
[ 28th Jun 2021, Borno State ]  Food Security, Nutrition and Livelihoods response : Nutrition partners this week intensified operations in Rann town, near the Cameroonian border, where access constraints continue to impact humanitarian programming and response for over 25,000 people. Operations include inpatient therapeutic feeding and out patient programmes. Malnutrition cases continue to rise in the border town, with 230 SAM cases recorded in the month of May, including 95 that were discharged after treatment and 19 complicated cases transferred to Maiduguri for intensive care. Food Security Sector partners prepositioned 950 tons of food to Rann two weeks ago to support affected populations during the rainy season, when the area is usually cut off by flooding for several weeks. Rann is one of the most challenging operational contexts in the state due to repeated attacks and clashes that have claimed hundreds of civilian lives, including aid workers, and access challenges during the rainy season.
[ 27th June 2021, Nigeria ] In Nigeria, the end of lockdown immediately reversed the factors that had been dampening intergroup conflict, both by permitting free movement and by sending the message that the threat of COVID 19 had diminished. Since the lifting of pandemic restrictions did not necessarily alleviate their political and economic consequences, it meant that different groups and communities were starting to interact again at a time of heightened scarcity and competition. Some conflicts erupted over disputes that started during lockdown  ( pastoralists taking advantage of lockdown to graze their cattle on farmland )  or narratives about identity based favoritism in government responses  ( such as targeting relief assistance on ethnic or religious lines ) . According to a Afghan respondent in Kandahar, “in the aid distribution, people were selected through favoritism...People were asked which ethnic group they were from during aid distribution, and help was provided on an ethnic basis. Those people got aid who did not need aid at all.
[ 6th August 2021, Nigeria ] The development, according to health experts, is putting more pressure on the country's already overstretched health facilities. The doctors' strike entered its fifth day Thursday with its biting consequences taking a toll on Nigerians. Meanwhile, the coronavirus active cases in Nigeria have jumped to 9,066 as of Thursday, according to NCDC data.
[ 11th June 2021, Yobe state ] Unaccompanied Children: 64% of the respondents indicate that there are no unaccompanied children that they are aware of while 15% indicate that they are aware of unaccomapnied children in the community. The remaining 22% of the respondents say they do not know if there is or there is not any unaccompanied children in the community.
[ 16th July 2021, Nigeria ]  Livelihood coping strategies are classified into the following three severity categories ‘stress', ‘crisis' and ‘emergency', with emergency being the most severe category and is classified in CH Phase 4  ( Emergency )  based on the CH guideline. Overall, the livelihood coping indicator was classified in CH Phase 4 as 84 percent of the surveyed households used either crisis  ( 26 percent )  or emergency  ( 58 percent )  coping strategies to meet their food needs during the last 30 days spent in their inaccessible areas of origin
[ 11th June 2021, Yobe state ] Cases of Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups: 65% of the respondents say there are no cases of children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed groups while 8% say there are cases and 27% said they are not aware if there are or if there are no cases of children associated with armed groups.
[ 27th June 2021, Nigeria ] At the same time, the economic hardship caused by losses in jobs and incomes created intensified scarcity within groups and communities in a number of ways. Loss of sources of incomes during the pandemic period put additional pressure on obligations of economic support based on social connections within tight knit groups, particularly in the absence of effective government social safety nets, which members may turn to for the purposes of extracting resources via social ties  ( family, tribe, ethnicity, religion ) . This led to increased within group demands for sharing, increasing internal strain at the level of identity groups and families. These requests were also more likely to be denied due to widespread scarcity  ( nearly everyone in a given social network was impacted in some way )  alongside an unpredictable economic outlook  ( even relatively less impacted individuals were uncertain about the duration of the lockdown and its impacts ) . In addition, the lockdown also interrupted many within group bonding opportunities, such as religious services and general socializing, which further strained intra group relationships.
[ 11th June 2021, Yobe state ] The Release of Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups: Of the 8% or more households who report cases of Children Associated with Armed Forces, 73% of them say the children have been released and reintegrated in the community while 19% of the households interviewed said the children were not released and reintegrated in the community and another 7% of the households said they were not aware if the children were released and reintegrated in the community.
[ 27th June 2021, Nigeria ] While increases in vigilante group presence and capacity during the pandemic period were widespread across our study area, the role that vigilantes played in shaping conflict, violence, and insecurity varied substantially across communities. In many communities, increased vigilante presence and capacity was associated with reported reductions in violent attacks by armed groups and increases in perception of the level of security by community members. However, other communities reported systematic patterns of heavy handedness and indiscriminate violence by vigilante groups, including violent extrajudicial punishments  ( “jungle justice' ) , extortion of community members, and prejudicial profiling and harassment of youth or members of particular ethnic groups as bandits or insurgents.
[ 21st   27th Jun 2021, Yobe State ]  The total number of confirmed COVID 19 cases is four hundred and ninety eight  ( 498 ) . Ninety four  ( 94 )  cases from Damaturu, seventy five  ( 75 )  cases from Nguru, fifty five  ( 55 )  cases from Fika, forty seven  ( 47 )  cases from Potiskum, thirty seven  ( 37 )  cases from Bade, thirty one  ( 31 )  cases from Nangere wenty nine  ( 29 )  cases from Gulani, twenty two  ( 22 )  cases from Yusufari, twenty one  ( 21 )  cases from Gujba, nineteen  ( 19 )  cases from Jakusko, sixteen  ( 16 )  cases each from Karasuwa, fourteen  ( 14 )  cases from Tarmuwa, twelve  ( 12 )  cases from Fune, eight  ( 8 )  cases each from Bursari, and Yunusari, and five  ( 5 )  cases each from Geidam, and Machina LGAs. The total number of active confirmed cases in the state is zero  ( 0 ) . The total confirmed cases of COVID 19 amongst Health Care Workers  ( HCWs )  is nineteen  ( 19 ) . These include nine  ( 9 )  doctors, seven  ( 7 )  nurses, one  ( 1 )  physiotherapist, and two  ( 2 )  laboratory scientists
[ 11th June 2021, Yobe state ] The primary Safety and protection Concerns Facing Children, Adolescents Girls and Women in the Community: 26% of the respondents report that lack of safe place in the community is the primary safety and protection concern facing children, adolescent girls and women in the community in which they are displaced. Other cumulative 46 % of the respondents report various concerns including the risk of attack when travelling  ( 9% ) ; sexual violence/abuse  ( 8% ) ; emotional/ psychological abuse  ( 6% ) ; early/forced marriage  ( 6% ) ; risk of attack when going to…. ( 5% ) ; violence in the home  ( 4% ) ; inability to access services  ( 3% ) ; being asked to marry by their… ( 3% ) ; trafficking's  ( 2% ) .
[ 6th August 2021, Nigeria ] A breakdown of the NCDC data revealed that more than half of the daily infections in Nigeria on Wednesday was recorded in Lagos, the epicentre of the disease. The commercial city reported 283 cases while Akwa Ibom followed with 88 cases and Oyo State ranked third with 62 cases. Rivers State recorded 62 while the FCT had 18 infections. Ogun State in the South west reported 12 new cases. Kwara State registered 11 infections and Plateau reported six, while Zamfara recorded three, even as Kaduna and Katsina States had two cases each to rank as the states with the lowest figures on the chart.
[ 31st July 2020,North east Nigeria ] In keeping with the trend observed in the last few rounds, 57 per cent  ( 1% drop since last round of assessment )  of all IDPs were living with host communities  ( Figure 8 )  during Round 32 assessments with the remainder  ( 43% )  residing in camps and camp like settings. Out of all the six states, Borno continues to be the only state where the number of people residing in camps and camp like settings  ( 54% )  is higher than that of individuals living with host communities. In all other states, people living with host communities far outnumbered those in camps and camp like settings.
[ 10th November 2020, MONGUNO LGA, BORNO STATE ] Reduced coping strategy Index  ( rCSI ) : The data shows that 17.1%  ( 13.9%   20.9% )  of households were using high coping strategies whereas 19.6%  ( 16.2%   23.5% )  and 63.3%  ( 58.7%   67.6% )  were using the medium and low coping strategies.
[ 27th June 2021, Nigeria ] Lockdowns also did little to reduce disputes and tensions when one or more of the identity groups involved in a conflict refused to comply with the government's movement restrictions. Low compliance with lockdowns was driven by a number of factors, including inconsistent enforcement of restrictions, a lack of trust in the government, and the necessity of movement as an economic survival strategy, and the existence of cultural norms challenging the legitimacy of restricting movement. This set of factors encouraging movement even in the midst of lockdown were particularly salient for pastoralists, and many reported cases of conflict during that period involved cases in which herders encroached onto farmland. Lockdowns also did little to reduce violence when conflicts were in the midst of recurring cycles of attacks and revenge killings at the time when movement restrictions went into effect. In these cases, the public health threat of COVID 19 was insufficient to create a sense of shared purpose that could overcome existing anger and fear
[ 27th June 2021, Nigeria ] In Nigeria, pandemic movement restrictions have forced herders to change their migration patterns. With fewer grazing routes, herders have sometimes encroached on farmland, which has become more valuable in light of COVID related food insecurity. The resulting disputes have sparked cycles of violence between farmers and herders, deepening conflicts that have plagued Nigeria for years, particularly in the Middle Belt. In Afghanistan, too, shifting migration patterns due to the pandemic have increased the number of individuals and groups vying for access to the same resources. People described more frequent clashes between returnees, internally displaced persons  ( IDPs ) , and host communities over land and water. As one workshop participant in Herat explained, “since the start of the pandemic, conflicts around  [ land ]  have increased. When the migrants came to this area, they grabbed the government lands. And the government couldn't prevent them.' A respondent in Kandahar concurred: “people started selling their lands and occupying other tribes' lands...which created so many tensions in this village. The disputes started a long time ago, but since the pandemic it has been worse.'
[ 1st June 2021, Nigeria ] Testing kits should be procured and sufficiently distributed long before a case is recorded. • Healthcare systems seriously need to be strengthened, expanded and easily accessible by all. The National Health Insurance Scheme should be provided with special funds to cover for the health insurance of persons with disabilities in the country. Healthcare should not be diminished, but more open to support the sick. Protocols and protections should be in place to keep possible infections at bay. • Purpose built facilities and the use of information and communication technology should be deployed to ensure that health facility out patients still receive services while limiting physical contact. • Health workers and hospital staff should be sufficiently provided with personal protection equipment  ( PPE ) . To make services better accessible to people with hearing impairment, these should include transparent facial masks.
[ 1st June 2021, Nigeria ] Issues included support only being provided in certain States; reduced financial support which was being provided previously due to the economic shocks of the pandemic; inaccessible distributions; people with disabilities not being included amongst the list of beneficiaries; information about relief distributions not being accessible resulting in people with disabilities not attending; the distances to distribution being too far; and being stopped by police when trying to go and get assistance due to lockdown. This has resulted in confusion about official relief efforts and the extent to which people with disabilities were being discriminated against. Some participants felt that the lack of consideration was not deliberate, but others felt that there was disability discrimination, pointing out the lack of inclusion of people with disabilities in the distribution of palliatives and feeling like they were deliberately devalued.
[ 1st June 2021, Nigeria ] Visually impaired persons need more support in avoidance of physical contacts with other people. The use of guide dogs and the white cane needs to be promoted and supported. • NGOs in the country should support OPDs and advocate for the full implementation of the National Disability Act and other disability friendly laws and policies in the country. • OPD leaders and principal officers of the National Disability Commission should avoid using their positions to serve selfish interests at the detriment of other persons with disabilities in the country. • Priority should be given to persons with disabilities during a pandemic because they are the worst hit. Immediate and special attention should be accorded to persons with disabilities to ease their stress of accessing public institutions such as banks and hospitals. To achieve this, a disability desk should be put in place in these institutions. The staff of these institutions in charge of the desks should be persons with disability. • Donors should not pass food aid and other relief materials through politicians. In a crisis situation, special committees, constituting of officers of agencies of government  ( civil servants ) , NGOs and community leaders, should transparently receive and distribute these materials and funds in a decent and inclusive manner. • Information dissemination during a crisis situation should take the communication needs of various persons with disabilities into consideration. • Special devices and aids for persons with disabilities are increasingly unaffordable. Grants and subsidies are desperately needed for access to these resources. • Access to power wheelchairs in the country should be increased. This will reduce the need of wheelchair users to depend on the assistance of strangers in some situations.
[ 1st June 2021, Nigeria ] Inclusion Works, OPDs and NGOs : Inclusion Works should collaborate with the National Disability Commission to institute sustainable mechanisms for employers to anticipate and identify job applicants with disabilities. Being conscious of this will promote disability confidence in industries. • Inclusion Works should facilitate access to flexible job opportunities. This specifically refers to jobs that they can do in virtual space using technology. A lot of persons with disabilities can gain employment in this way while the National Disability Commission and industries develop physically and systemically accessible work environments. • Inclusion Works, the National Disability Commission and other NGOs should regularly gather and update data on the real needs of persons with disabilities as a baseline for intervention planning. • Inclusion Works should expand its scope of work to aid persons with disabilities in Nigeria who wish to start their own businesses and become employers of labour. This may only require advocacy and support in developing a sustainable system for this.
[ 11th June 2021, Yobe state ] Unsafe Locations for Women and Girls: Toilets and water points together are the main concerns  ( 38% )  while visiting health facilities  ( 10% ) ; unoccupied shelters in the community  ( 9% ) ; during collection of fuel/firewood  ( 7% )  and along routes to access services  ( 5% )  are the most unsafe for the protection of women and girls.
[ 10th November 2020, MONGUNO LGA, BORNO STATE ] The prevalence of GAM is higher among younger children  ( 11.9% )  of 6 29 months when compared with the older children  ( 5.03% )  of 30 59 months. Also, the prevalence of SAM is only observed in the younger age group  ( 1.90% )  of 6 29 months and there were no cases in older age groups.
[ 11th June 2021, Yobe state ] GBV Services Available: 33% of the respondent say they were aware that health care or medical services is available to support GBV cases while 12% say they were aware that saferty and security services are available; 11% say psychosocial support is available while 6% say they may seek judicial support to address GVB incidents; 5% say they may get material assistance and 4% say they may receive empowerment/livelihood support and safe spaces.
[ 26th July 2021, Bay states Nigeria ] One of the most notable effects of a war is its death toll. Conflict events directly lead to the deaths of combatants and civilians, who make up the direct mortality. As of 31 July 2020, conflict has directly resulted in 34,457 deaths in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states since the beginning of 2009
[ 31st July 2020,North east  Nigeria ] Piped water was the main source of water in 68 per cent  ( down from 70% )  of sites where IDPs are residing in camps and camplike settings. In 19 per cent of sites  ( no change from the last round of assessment ) , hand pumps were the main source of drinking water, followed by water trucks  ( 7%   up by 1% ) . Use of unprotected wells as main source of water went up from 1 per cent of sites to 3 per cent during this round of assessment.
[ 10th November 2020, MONGUNO LGA, BORNO STATE ] Main source of Food: Among the respondents  ( n=479 ) , 51.1%  ( 46.6%   55.7% )  have been completely supported by food aid whereas 25.1%  ( 21.3%   29.2% )  have to work for their food. 5.8%  ( 4.0%   8.4% )  of people own the food production for their families and 16.3%  ( 13.2%  20.0% )  have bought it from the shop or market. 1.7%  (  0.8%   3.4% )  had the food as a gift from neighbors in past seven days in fulfilling their family's needs.
[ 31st July 2020,North east  Nigeria ] In 91 per cent of displacement sites  ( down from 96% ) , toilets were described as ‘not hygienic', while toilets were reported to be in hygienic conditions in 8 per cent of sites  ( up from 3% ) . In the State of Borno, 93 per cent of sites had unhygienic toilets, 6 per cent had hygienic and 1 per cent had unusable toilets.
[ 31st July 2020,North east  Nigeria ] In 97 per cent of host community sites  ( no change from the last two rounds of assessments ) , toilets were described as not hygienic. In 2 per cent of sites, toilets were in good  ( hygienic )  condition and not usable in 1 per cent of sites. In Borno 4 per cent  ( down by 1% )  of the toilets were hygienic.
[ 11th June 2021, Yobe state ] Reasons of return: The main reason for return  ( 50% )  was perceived improvement of the security situation while 12% returns were encouraged by other familty of community members who had returned; 8% were going to see the situaion on ground before deciding to return. Another 8% returned to secure personal housing, land and property in fear of the reports of baglary which was reported. 7% of the returnees where pushed to return due to limited access to food and other sercices.
[ 31st July 2020, Bay states Nigeria ] Forty LGAs were assessed for returnees in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe during this round of assessment which is one more than those assessed in the last two rounds of assessments. All three states showed an increment in returnee numbers. In the most affected State of Borno which hosts 41 per cent of all returnees, the number of returnees increased from 685,630 to 709,500  ( 3% increase since Round 31 assessment ) .
[ 11th June 2021, Yobe state ] Return Plan: 38% of the respondents reported that they were aware of IDP households which planned to return back to Geidam and Kanamma
[ 11th June 2021, Yobe state ] Date of return: 18% of the respndents said they were aware of returnees who went back to Geidam within the same week they were displacement on 23 April 2021. While 19% of the respondents said they were aware that the return occurred within the second week of displacement i.e the first week of May 2021. And 36% of the respondents reported they were aware that the return was in the third week of displacement i.e the second week of May 2021 while 29% of the respondents said they were not aware of any retuns.
[ 31st July 2020, Bay states Nigeria ] RETURNEES: A total of 1,705,567  ( or 274,818 households )  returnees were recorded in the DTM Round 32 assessment, an increment of 31,705 or 2 per cent from the number  ( 1,673,862 )  recorded in the last round of assessment that was conducted in February 2020. The aggregate, however, masks some notable fluctuations in the numbers of returnees which was mostly on account of two wards in Borno's Gubio ward becoming accessible. Overall, the number of returnees is showing stabilization after many rounds of assessment when it was increasing successively.
[ 11th June 2021, Yobe state ] Reason for Return : Most of the respondents reported that lack of confidence in the security situation in geidam was the main reason that lead to the households which had returned to geidam to come back to place of displacement. The assessment team was aware that during that period of the return the nearby Kanamma town which is 35 Kilometers from Geidam was reattack and looted several times within the first week of May 2021. This probably prompted the fear of insecurity after households had reutned to Geidam.
[ 9th  15th Aug 2021, Nigeria ]  Risk communication: Cholera jingles are being aired in English and local languages. Community social mobilisation, media interviews, distribution of Information, Education and Communication ( IEC )  materials and awareness campaigns ongoing in affected communities. Conducted Ministerial press briefings
[ 31st July 2020, Bay states  Nigeria ] Ninety one per cent  ( no change )  attributed their displacement to the ongoing conflict in north eastern Nigeria, 8 per cent  ( no change since the last round of assessment )  returnees said they were displaced due to communal clashes and 1 per cent due to natural disasters. Fourteen per cent of returnees assessed in Adamawa were displaced due to communal clashes in the state.
[ 31st July 2020, Bay states Nigeria ] SHELTER CONDITIONS FOR RETURNEES: Seventy seven per cent  ( up by 1% )  of returnees resided in households with walls. This percentage was 82 per cent in Borno. Eighteen per cent were residing in traditional shelters and 5 per cent  ( down from 7% )  in emergency/makeshift shelters. Nine per cent  ( down by 1% )  of returnees in Borno are living in emergency/makeshift shelters while 9 per cent living in traditional shelters.
[ 31st July 2020, Bay states  Nigeria ] Unlike the situation in locations hosting IDPs, 64 per cent  ( up by 1% )  of areas of returns assessed do not have access to health services. This figure is the highest for Yobe at 70 per cent  ( up by 2% ) , followed by Adamawa at 67 per cent  ( no change since last round of assessment in February 2020 )  and Borno at 55 per cent  ( up by 1% ) . In areas that do have access to health services, the most common type were primary health centers  ( 25%   down by 2% )  followed by general hospital  ( 4%   down by 1% ) .
[ 10th November 2020, MONGUNO LGA, BORNO STATE ] When data segregated by gender demonstrates that the prevalence of GAM was almost similar among both genders i.e. girls  ( 8.5% )  as compared to boys  ( 8.6% ) . The relationship was statistically insignificant  ( p value=0.997 ) . SAM prevalence was slightly higher among boys  ( 2.0% )  than girls  ( 1.4% ) , nonetheless based on t test it was found to be statistically insignificant  ( p value=0.627 ) .
The security situation in Adamawa State is relatively calm but highly unpredictable. During the reporting period, various security incidents were reported in the state, mostly being criminality. There was an operation mounted by the Nigerian Police Force to thwart cattle theft in Combi LGA. Reportedly, the cattle were stolen from an unknown community from Borno State and the thieves were heading to Cameroon with the animals but were apprehended by the police and hunters station based in Combi LGA.
[ 10th November 2020, MONGUNO LGA, BORNO STATE ] Then the second part of the question followed to check if the baby was breastfed exclusively or was given anything else to drink or to eat any semi solid food during the previous day and night. The data shows that 44.0%  ( 30.0%   58.7% )  children  ( n=22 )  under six months old were being breastfed and did not receive any food in the past 24 hours.
[ 2nd July 2021, North East Nigeria ]   Child well being: Affected children are in great need of safety measures and/or supports that can be provided by safe children friendly space, safe spaces for girls, provision of health facilities with drugs, increased awareness and sensitization with key messages.
[ 31st July 2020,North east  Nigeria ] The year with the highest percentage of displacements remains 2015  ( 26%   1% decrease since last round of assessment )  followed by 2016  ( 19% ) . In line with the last round of assessment, 16 per cent of IDPs were displaced in 2017 and 11 per cent in 2018  ( Figure 5 ) . Nine per cent of displacements took place in 2019 on account of increased insecurity, communal clashes and natural disasters  ( no change since last round of assessment ) .
[ 31st July 2020, North east Nigeria ] Host Communities : Mirroring the situation in displacement sites, malaria was most prevalent health ailment among IDPs residing with host community in 59 per cent of sites  ( up by 1% ) . The situation in Borno was worse with malaria cited as the most prevalent health issue in 64 per cent  ( up from 62% )  of sites.
[ 2nd July 2021, North East Nigeria ]   EDUCATION; ▪ Finding shows that a large population of girls in the IDPs camps do not attend schools. only two in 10 persons in the IDPs were attending schools for various reasons ranging from 1. parents cannot afford uniform and scholastic materials; 2. children helping with household chores; 3. family not wanting their children to attend school and encourage child marriage and that schools were far from their Camps.
[ 18th July 2021, Nigeria ] The PSC felicitates with the Muslim Ummah on the occasion of the Eid el Kabir celebration. It however, urges all State Governments and Religious Leaders to be mindful of the potential for wider spread of the virus during large gatherings. The PSC, therefore, recommends the following preventive measures for a safe Eid el Kabir celebration: a )  Decentralization of Eid Prayer to neighborhood Friday Prayer Mosques  ( outdoor ) ; b )  Suspension of Durbar activities; and c )  Observation of limitations on all Indoor gatherings
[ 1st June 2021, North East Nigeria ] Over 400 vulnerable IDP and IDP returnee families in Borno and Yobe States, North East Nigeria, see a silver lining at the horizon: Entrepreneurship and vocational trainings, delivered by UNHCR so far in 2021, along with start up input allow them to put their new skills in action with the hope to get back on their feet. They just kicked off their businesses as tailors, ICT technicians, carpenters etc. independently in the local government areas of Bama, Ngala, Maiduguri, Damaturu and Gujba  ( Borno, Yobe States ) .
[ 21st July 2021, Nigeria ]  Commending the collaborating organizations for their efforts, the National Coordinator, NTBLCP, Dr Chukwuemeka Anyike, says “the country is very impressed with the 2020 program performance despite the COVID 19 pandemic'. He echoed that active TB case finding is vital in reducing the burden of the disease in the country because Nigeria has over 440,000 incident TB cases, and over 300,000 are estimated to be missed annually.
[ 14th July 2021, Nigeria ] As earlier noted, it was not just the components of Jollof rice, which saw price increases. The prices of most staple food items in a typical Nigerian home, including rice, beans, egg, garri, plantain, yam, beef, palm oil, fish, pepper, tomatoes, onions, bread and groundnut oil, all went up.
[ 17th july 2021, Nigeria ]  The Director General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control  ( NCDC ) , ChIkwe Ihekweazu, has warned Nigeria against a false sense of the eradication of COVID 19 in the country. The NCDC boss called for collaboration with corps members to ensure sustenance of the measures across the country. He said: “The mistake we can all make is to think the COVID 19 virus has gone away.
[ 21st July 2021, Nigeria ]  In other climes, when the pandemic triggered lockdowns in March 2020, diagnosis and enrollment for TB treatment fell in many high TB burden countries. In Nigeria, the key component of the intervention began in the second quarter of the 2020 with WHO and partners integrating TB case finding into the COVID 19 structure in all outreach in 12 states  ( e.g., Anambra, Bauchi, Benue, Cross River, Delta, Imo, Kaduna, Kano, Lagos, Niger, Osun, and Rivers States ) .
[ 21st July 2021, Nigeria ]  The response included training TB case officers' /community informants on advocacy, house to house case search, contact tracing, and social mobilization for Tuberculosis and COVID 19. Effort to locate TB and Covid 19 cases included screening programme, laboratory services engagement with key community stakeholders in the 12 states, and services in the health facilities were intensified in collaboration with USAID KNCV, using Genexpert and the ‘WOW' Trucks.
[ 26th July 2021, Bay states Nigeria ] Boko Haram attacks have led to massive internal displacement. More than 1.8 million Nigerians are displaced in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states, with the vast majority  ( nearly 1.5 million )  located in Borno. In camps and host communities, IDPs often live in poor conditions and lack access to adequate food and services. While some IDPs prefer to stay within Nigeria, others cite cost and a lack of a social network in destination countries as barriers to leaving.
[ 1st June 2021, Northeast Nigeria ] PUI also made lifesaving referrals for 87 patients  ( most of whom were pregnant women and children )  to Secondary and tertiary health facilities for more specialized care and management within the month. Sixty seven  ( 67 )  of the patients were referred to government hospitals while 15 of them  ( children under 15yrs )  were referred to other partners for services not offered by PUI supported health facilities. For patients referred to government health facilities PUI provided transport for them and paid their bills for the services.
[ 2nd July 2021, North East Nigeria ]   The population of the people that are not going to school is generally large. Educational support like cash for education , learning materials, etc.Observation shows that distance from schools is within 10 – 15 mins walk children and adolescent boys and girls take to get to school. As there are school structures in the community proximity to them ▪There are ongoing psychosocial support  ( PSS )  and recreational sessions with children in the camp. High turnover of teachers and occupation to urban centres affect the quality of education
[ 26th July 2021, Northeast Nigeria ] While many of the displaced would like to return home, insecurity remains a major barrier. In fact, many of the displaced have been displaced more than once. The return of over 1.6 million IDPs and refugees has been recorded. However, many are returning to damaged homes and have no access to education, health services, or nearby markets.
[ 14th July 2021, Nigeria ]  Furthermore, 29,850,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson  ( Jassen )  COVID 19 vaccine are expected by the end of September, which will arrive in batches from the African Union Commission. It reiterated that AstraZeneca vaccines being utilised in country is effective against the Delta variant recently identified in the country.
[ 26th July 2021, Northeast Nigeria ] Agricultural production: Conflict reduces agricultural production and productivity. Land is often abandoned by agricultural workers who are killed or displaced and those who stay may shift to lower risk crops or cut back investment. Conflict also makes it harder to do business as farmers deal with labor shortages, rising prices of farming inputs, and disruptions throughout the agricultural value chain.
Abuja, 8 August, 2021   Nigeria has taken delivery of 117,600 Janssen  ( Johnson & Johnson )  vaccine on 12 August 2021 in Abuja. The delivery marks the first wave of arrivals of COVID 19 vaccines procured through the African Union. “The arrival of these vaccines will be yet another step in the battle against the COVID 19 pandemic,' says Dr Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency  ( NPHCDA ) . He adds that the shipment, is the first batch of the vaccine from the African Union which would be received in segments monthly until total 29.8 million doses are completed.
[ 19th July–25th July 2021, Nigeria ] As at July 25, 2021, a total of 27,186 suspected Cholera cases including 653 deaths  ( CFR 2.4% )  have been reported from 22 states and FCT  ( Benue, Delta, Zamfara, Gombe, Bayelsa, Kogi, Sokoto, Bauchi, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau, Kebbi, Cross River, Niger, Nasarawa, Jigawa, Yobe, Kwara, Enugu, Adamawa, Katsina, Borno and FCT )  since the beginning of 2021. Of the reported cases since the beginning of the year, 27% are aged 5 14years . Of all suspected cases, 51% are males and 49% are females.
[ 19th July–25th July 2021, Nigeria ] There has been a decrease in the number of new Cholera cases in the last two weeks. Bauchi ( 1354 ) , Kano ( 514 ) , Jigawa ( 201 ) , Zamfara ( 73 ) , and Enugu ( 30 )  account for 96% of 2,273 cases reported in the last two weeks  ( 28 and 29 )  . Since the beginning of the year, a total of 616 samples have been collected with positive cases as follows 232 RDT positive only; 77 culture positive; 309 RDT and culture positive. The test positivity rate ( TPR )  for laboratory confirmation by culture is 25%.
[ 1st May 2021, Nigeria ] Challenges : With the onset of the rainy season, partners continue to advocate for the rehabilitation of most of the shelters in camp and camp like settings. The CCCM reporting tool captured 10,149 shelters as the current figure for damages in camps. In the reporting month also witnessed 8 fire breaks in Borno state affecting 719 families thus further exacerbating the humanitarian needs amidst the preparation for the rainy season.
[ 11th July 2021, Nigeria ]  The PSC deliberately worked to develop new Health Protection Regulations to support existing COVID 19 protocols and to strengthen compliance with non pharmaceutical interventions across the country. It also directed private laboratories to put in place measures to validate results and ensure that all passengers are registered on the travel portal before samples are processed to stop the activity of those who issue fake Covid 19 test results to travellers.
[ 1st August 2021, Nigeria ] Earlier this month  ( 01 August 2021 )  Nigeria also received its second batch of COVID 19 vaccines under the COVAX Facility. Over four million doses of the Moderna COVID 19 vaccine were donated by the United States Government. This is an important step in the fight against COVID 19 as the country intensify efforts to battle the current third wave of infections.
[ 14th July 2021, Nigeria ]  It, therefore, urged Nigerians to adhere to the non pharmaceutical interventions of handwashing with soap and flowing water, using sanitisers, proper wearing of face masks, and maintaining social distancing, especially as the festive season approaches. Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency  ( NPHCDA )  Dr. Faisal Shuaib stated these during a joint news briefing of the agency, with the World Health Organization  ( WHO )  and the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund  ( UNICEF )  in Abuja.
[ 28th May 2021, Adamawa State ] Early Recovery Needs: Inadequate skills for formal or self employment, lack of access to vocational kits and lack of capital to start income generating activities are all identified needs
[ 20th July 2021, Adamawa state ] Surveillance: • 1,135 out of 17,638 samples tested are positive. Giving a positivity rate of 6.43% • 11.4% of confirmed cases are known contacts of previously confirmed cases • 5.4% of confirmed cases are health workers • 3 out of the 21 LGAs reported new cases in the reporting period.
[ 26th July 2021, Northeast Nigeria ] Infrastructure in north eastern Nigeria has been historically underdeveloped, due to both poor economic growth and low levels of investment. In 2008, just three percent of the population had access to safe sanitation and 30 percent to electricity, while 90 percent reported difficulty accessing water. Since 2009, conflict has both damaged existing infrastructure and disrupted new development.
[ 26th July 2021, Northeast Nigeria ] Poverty : Since conflict curbs economic growth, it often leads to heightened levels of poverty. Collier calculates that the reduction in economic growth after seven years of conflict lowers income by 15 percent and increases the poverty rate by 30 percent.
[ 26th July 2021, Northeast Nigeria ] All evidence suggests that conflict has only further impoverished the population. Many have lost their income and livelihoods due to displacement, cuts in agricultural production and trade, and economic destruction described above, leaving them vulnerable and reliant on humanitarian assistance.
[ 2 March 2021, Nigeria ] Recall that on 02 March 2021 Nigeria received 3.92 million doses of the COVID 19 vaccine, through the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO. The arrival marked a historic step towards the goal of ensuring equitable distribution of COVID 19 vaccines globally, in what will be the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history.
[ 26th July 2021,Bay states Nigeria ] Addressing terrorism and conflict has also drawn government resources away from poverty alleviation. Boko Haram activity has been associated with an increase in the incidence, intensity, and severity of poverty in Nigeria. As of 2019, 81 percent of people living in Yobe, 64 percent in Borno, and 60 percent in Adamawa suffer from multidimensional poverty, a measure that accounts for deprivation with respect to standards of living, health, and education.
[ 26th July 2021, Northeast Nigeria ] Health and morbidity By destroying crucial health infrastructure and degrading living conditions for the population, war leads to significant decline in the parameters of a healthy life, especially among children. Conflict results in reduced access to health services and often disrupts prevention and treatment programs.
[ 14th July 2021, Nigeria ] Given the increase in food inflation and the percentage of people living below the poverty line, Nigeria's hunger index has also increased significantly. In the 2020 Global Hunger Index  ( GHI ) , Nigeria ranks 98th out of the 107 countries, getting a GHI score of 29.2 out of a 100 point scale. This places Nigeria at a hunger level that is considered serious. However, when compared with data from 2012, when the country had a GHI score of 32, which is an 8.75% decrease.
[ 12th  18th July 2021, Yobe state ] The total confirmed cases of COVID 19 amongst Health Care Workers  ( HCWs )  is nineteen  ( 19 ) . These include nine  ( 9 )  doctors, seven  ( 7 )  nurses, one  ( 1 )  physiotherapist, and two  ( 2 )  laboratory, scientists. The total number of deaths from COVID 19 in the state is nine  ( 9 )  . The total number of patients who recovered from COVID 19 is four hundred and ninety  ( 490 )
[ 14th July 2021, Nigeria ]  Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency  ( NPHCDA )  Dr. Faisal Shuaib, He said: “It is with the support of our mainstream media community that Nigeria has successfully vaccinated 3,938,945 eligible persons across 36 states and FCT, representing 98 per cent utilisation of the 4,024,000 doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine it received from COVAX facility in March 2021. “This comprises 2,534,205 people, who have been vaccinated for the first dose, and 1,404,205, who have received their second dose of the vaccine.
[ 14th July 2021, Nigeria ] The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has said that the COVID 19 pandemic contributed immensely to the upsurge of multifaceted insecurity crises and economic woes currently affecting the country. He also disclosed that the #EndSARS crisis that rocked the country, which left 57 civilians, 37 policemen and six soldiers dead and property worth billions of naira destroyed, was a carryover of the COVID 19 frustrations.
[ 26th July 2021, Bay states Nigeria ] In north eastern Nigeria, physical and economic destruction wrought by the insurgency has dismantled already fragile health and food systems. Less than 60 percent of health facilities in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states are fully functional, while a quarter are either completely destroyed or non functional.
[ 14th July 2021, Nigeria ] Looking beyond the overall GHI score is quite revealing of the impact of food inflation. When we look at specific indicators, the result is quite disturbing. As of 2020, the prevalence of stunning in children under five increased to a 36.8 score from 36.2 in 2012 and the proportion of undernourished in the population grew from 7.6 in 2012 to 12.6 in 2020. However, the prevalence of wasting in children under five  ( 14.1 in 2012 to 6.8 in 2020 )  and the under five mortality rate  ( 13.0 in 2012 and 12.0 in 2020 )  have both dropped.
[ 11th July 2021, Nigeria ]  The Commmittee also ensured that the private sector Coalition  CACOVID  supported the National Response with 100 oxygen cylinders per day between January and March, 2021, for distribution to critical care centres in Abuja even as the Federal Government approved the rehabilitation of five oxygen plants across various tertiary health institutions in Abuja. The President also approved that at least one oxygen plant should be established in each state of the federation immediately.
[ 20th July 2021, Adamawa state ] Epidemiological summary: As at 20th July 2021, 17,660 suspected COVID 19 cases have been reported out of which 1,135 were confirmed positive, 16,503 were found negative, 22 were inconclusive while 0 results remain pending. Majority of confirmed cases were from Yola South.
[ 12th  18th July 2021, Yobe state ] Point of Entry  ( POE ) : Conducted screening of passengers at the Points of Entries  ( POEs ) . Conducted supportive supervision at the POE in Nangere, and Yusufari LGAs.
[ 12th  18th July 2021, Yobe state ] Infection Prevention and Control  ( IPC ) : Conducted decontamination and disinfection of State Specialist Hospital  ( SSH )  COVID 19 molecular diagnostic laboratory. Continued mass sensitization on adherence to COVID 19 preventive measures during the Eid Al Adha celebration.
[ 12th  18th July 2021, Yobe state ] Laboratory and Diagnostic Support: Following up with the laboratory team to retrieve pending sample results . The total number of samples collected is eighteen thousand, seven hundred and sixty seven  ( 18,767 ) . Four hundred and ninety nine  ( 499 )  results are positive, sixteen thousand, six hundred and forty four  ( 16,644 )  are negative, forty two  ( 42 )  for a repeat test, and one thousand, five hundred and eighty two  ( 1,582 )  remaining sample results are pending.
[ 11th July 2021, Nigeria ]  Passengers must register on the Nigeria online travel portal  ( Nigeria International Travel Portal – https://nitp.ncdc.gov.ng ) , where they will fill in their health information. Information required includes contact details. They will then upload their test COVID 19 PCR test with the exemption of children less than ten years old. Government has promised to prosecute persons who falsify their information.
[ 20th July 2021, Adamawa state ] IPC • DRC sensitized 9,817 individuals on covid 19 in 5 LGAs
[ 20th July 2021, Adamawa state ] Case Management • No new case was reported • No death was reported in the treatment facility within the last two weeks • A total of 32 fatalities associated with COVID 19 have been reported since outbreak. CFR= 3.0%
[ 15th July 2021, Nigeria ]  Faisal Shuaib, the agency's executive director, said this at the south west zonal town hall meeting on COVID 19 vaccination in Lagos on Thursday. This is as the country is witnessing a third wave of infections with reported cases on the rise. Speaking at the meeting, the director said the country has used up 98 percent of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID 19 vaccine it received in March and has officially ended the first phase of the vaccination plan.
[ 20th July 2021, Adamawa state ] POE • 3,915  ( 1,967 inbound and 1,948 outbound )  travelers were screened in Yola International Airport within the week
[ 6th Sept 2021, Borno State ]  The total number of suspected cholera cases reported as at 5 th September 2021 stands at 876 with 56 associated deaths,  ( CFR – 6.3% ) . 619 cases from Gwoza, 58 from Damboa, 137 from Hawul, 7 from Magumeri, 23 from Kaga, 10 from MMC, 8 from Jere and 3 from Askira Uba LGAs.
[ 20th July 2021, Adamawa state ] Vaccination • Second dose of COVID 19 vaccination commenced on 24th May 2021 • So far, 24,330 people have received their second dose of the COVID 19 vaccine, representing 72% of targeted population. This number of made up of 5,213 health workers, 9,926 frontline workers and 9,191 others
[ 13th July 2021, Nigeria ]  Agricultural labor remains the primary source of income for poor households and is expected to remain limited and significantly below average through January 2022. Poorer households are likely to continue to rely on remittances, increased begging, and labor migration for some income.