Round-up: Updates from Myanmar and Nigeria

Posted November 12, 2015 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.
 
MYANMAR: One hundred days after the floods that killed at least 125 people and displaced over 1.7 million across Myanmar, the waters have finally receded.  Over 2,000 Myanmar floodsMyanmar Red Cross Society volunteers have provided 71,000 people with emergency relief since the floods and landslides began at the end of July. Most of the displaced have now returned to their villages of origin but about 7,000 people remain in evacuation sites, mainly in Sagaing Region and Chin State.

The Red Cross continues to provide relief items to these temporary camps, including hygiene kits, tarpaulins and blankets for the upcoming winter. With the end of the monsoon season and dropping river levels, the Myanmar Red Cross Society is beginning to focus on the medium- and long-term needs of communities. The most serious and long-term consequences of the floods are the impact on the food security and livelihoods of communities dependent on agriculture.
 
NIGERIA: According to UNAIDS, Nigeria has the second highest number of new infections reported each year. An estimated 3.6 per cent of the population aged 15-49 years are living with HIV. Even though the situation is dire, the uptake of HIV counselling and testing (HCT) remains low, especially in rural areas. This is mainly because the rural population has limited knowledge about HIV and AIDS and HCT facilities, are far and few.

To increase the demand for HCT and other health services at community level, the Nigerian Red Cross Society in collaboration with the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) planned and implemented a community-based HCT in three local government areas of Cross River State – Calabar South, Boki and Yala.

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