ZAMBIA PEOPLE IN NEED 976k PEOPLE TARGETED 976k REQUIREMENTS (US$) 76.3M AVAILABLE FUNDS, GOV. 43.3M Sectors Requested Food 976k People Targeted Wash 1.8M People Targeted Overview/Context Zambia has not declared a national disaster. The country produced adequate maize to meet total national requirement and had a carryover stock of 667,524 tons, giving total availability of 3,540,577 tons. Total requirements for the country stand at 2,905,896 tons, leaving an exportable surplus of 634,681 tons. constituting cereals (24,384 tons), pulses (2,927 tons) and cooking oil (1,464 tons). In addition, input support to 13,699 households should be provided, and 11 districts on the food security borderline should be closely monitored. Health Recommended activities include: An assessment in southern Zambia found that 975,738 people (162,623 households) were affected and require humanitarian assistance. Southern Province, for example, recorded a 48 per cent maize production decline. Water shortages are also a concern, as is the high rates of stunting (49.6 per cent) and underweight (14.7 per cent) in children under age 5, both higher among boys. • Community sensitizations prevention of malaria Key Humanitarian Needs • Improve case management in all the districts reporting high disease incidences especially in children under age 5. Agriculture and Food Security A total of 975,738 severely and moderately affected people from the assessed districts will require support from August 2016 to March 2017): • From August to December 2016 support will only target 257,592 severely affected people (42,932 households) with food supplies constituting cereals (10,729 tons), pulses (1,288 tons) and cooking oil (644 tons). • From January to March 2017 support aims to be provided through the Social Cash Transfer (SCT) programme for 975,738 people (162,623 households). As this is the first time support is being provided through SCT, not all the affected households may be absorbed, and these will be assisted with relief food support on • Increase the coverage of indoorresidual spraying in Luano and Chirundu districts. • Support communities to eliminate mosquito breeding grounds. • Increase effort in WASH to fight diarrhoea in all affected districts. • Improve on the supply of drugs and logistics for treatment of all infections. • Strengthen implementation of the Integrated Management of Child Illnesses (IMCI) strategy. WASH Safe drinking water should be provided to at least 1,824,600 people (304,100 households) through the drilling boreholes in affected communities. The promotion of community-led total sanitation (CLTS) and maintaining open defecation free (ODF) status and promotion of private sector involvement in sanitation marketing to support communities and households to build robust and appropriate latrines is required. Activities are broken down 63