FEBRUARY, 2007 NUTRITION UPDATE
Issued March, 2007
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Overview
• Findings from two rapid nutrition assessments conducted by FSAU with partners in late February 2007 indicates a worrying nutrition situation for the recently displaced populations and the most poor and vulnerable families in Qansah Dere and Tieglo respectively. Very critical levels of acutely malnourished children being reported in Qansah Dere IDP groups with a less worrying situation in Tieglo.
• Concerning reports of cases of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) in IDPs residing in Galkayo continue despite preventative measures such as chlorination of water, rehydration and treatment of the affected people by humanitarian agencies (Source: CDC Mudug Health Surveillance).
• A case study of the potential risks to human health by the current animal slaughter practices due to the absence of a slaughter house in Lasanod is provided.
• The FSAU Nutrition Surveillance Project conducts analysis of data collected directly and by partners through a range of sources including nutrition assessments, sentinel sites surveillance and health facility surveillance data. A list of the planned assessments and the locations of the sentinel sites are provided in this update.
• The UNICEF-led Nutrition Cluster Coordination has given impetus to the Nutrition Working Group Coordination (under the Somalia Support Secretariat) though the cluster’s special focus on emergency response activities and decentralization of coordination activities to inside Somalia. In this update, an overview of the process undertaken and challenges faced in piloting the Nutrition Cluster in Somalia is provided.
• An overview of the ongoing NIPHORN (Nutrition Information Project for the Horn of Africa) study is presented in this update where Tulane University and UNICEF are collaborating with partners including FSAU to investigate the nutrition situation from the region and the potential underlying causes as well as the quality of the data collected through analysis of existing nutrition survey datasets.
The open ground which acts as the slaughterhouse for the town population in Lasanod
Also in this issue find the Nutrition Situation analyses from:-
•Nutrition Situation in Vulnerable Groups
-Qansah Dere IDPs
-Tieglo Most Poor and Vulnerable
-Galkayo Town IDPs
•Health Risks Posed by Absence of a Slaughter House in Lasanod
•Nutrition Assessment Plan for 2007
•Overview of Nutrition Sentinel Sites Surveillance
•Nutrition Cluster Piloting in Somalia
•NIPHORN – An Overview by UNICEF Regional Office
Other related publications and Releaseso FSAU Press Release: February 22, 2007
o FSAU/FEWSNET Market Data Update, February 2007
o FSAU/FEWSNET Climate Data Update, February 2007
o FSAU Post Deyr 06/07 Analysis Technical Report, March 2007
