[5][6] The drought ended in early 2023, when Horn of Africa experienced above-average rainfall that led to multiple flooding events.

[2] This includes 9 million women of reproductive age (15 to 49 years) who face dangers to their health and aggravated risks of gender-based violence due to the drought.

[13] In Somalia the government has launched the SURP-II (Somalia Urban Resilience and Project Phase II) programme, which would mainly help Garowe, Baidoa, and Mogadishu deal with the drought by providing monetary assiatance and health kits towards households, constructing communal latrines and emergency water supplies, and also providing further healthcare via mobile clinics.

The World Health Organisation has also collaborated with local forces to fight diseases like cholera and measles, which have seen a resurgence in Somalia due to the drought, distributing Vitamin A, offering deworming services, and vaccination campaigns.

As of August 2022[update], there are 13 million people facing acute food insecurity, and an estimated 150,000–200,000 had died of starvation by March 2022.

[21][22] In a report published in June 2021, over 350,000 people were already experiencing catastrophic famine conditions (IPC Phase 5).