Sector Highlights
In 2015 sector partners have reached 922,718 people through emergency life saving and preventive nutrition interventions. This represents 61.5% of the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) 2015 Nutrition response target despite only receiving 43% of requested funding.
The conflict induced displacement in Jebel Marra resulted in an increased need for nutrition assistance in North Darfur. Nutrition partners have been able to provide initial lifesaving assistance to IDPs upon arrival using contingency resources. However a total of 23,400 children under five and 8,892 pregnant and lactating women (PLW) require immediate lifesaving nutrition services. Nutrition partners require USD $4 million to adequately cover the current needs and sustain life saving nutrition services in the next six months. As of the end of March USD $1.2 million has been secured in CERF funding.
As a result of the El Nino weather phenomenon, the lean season is expected to begin two or three months earlier. This will have a considerable impact on the nutritional status of children under five and PLW. The acute malnutrition caseload is expected to rise by about 35% by the end of May 2016. An estimated 280,000 children with acute malnutrition will require preventive and life saving assistance in 72 El Nino affected localities across Sudan. The Nutrition sector requires USD $7.5 million for mitigation and early response activities. As of the end of March about USD $1.3 million has been earmarked for direct nutrition interventions in Kassala,
Gadarif and Red Sea states.