Overview of Health facility based nutrition surveillance (Jan-Mar 2016)
FSNAU compiles and analyses health facility based nutrition surveillance data and field reports which are reported through the Nutrition Update. The current Nutrition Update covers data from health facilities and field reports for the period January to March 2016.
The general objective of the health facility based nutritional surveillance is to monitor malnutrition trend (GAM by WFH from screening facilities and admission from therapeutic centers) and other secondary data before and after the main seasonal assessments (Deyr and Gu) and trace the evolution of malnutrition and other aggravating factors (morbidity and mortality) within the reporting period. The secondary objective of the health facility based nutritional update is also to provide key secondary facts and figures on nutrition indicators during the reporting period which ultimately serves as an input to feed into the Gu and Deyr IPC analysis as well as input for subsequent assessment sampling plan and strategy.
The 2016 health facility based nutritional surveillance report other than the screening data collected from health facility visit, will look into other relevant secondary data and report on admission trends from therapeutic feeding centers, morbidity data (AWD and measles outbreaks), assessment reports conducted both by partners as well as FSNAU Field Nutrition analysts (monthly reports) and other secondary sources (IRIN web page, UNOCHA and WHO Somalia websites).