Inside this Issue
1 Cluster Highlights
2-3 2016 HRP, cluster needs and response performance
4 Nutrition Survey and assessments
5 New Initiatives
6 Success story from the field
7 Upcoming Events and contacts
Cluster Highlights
The nutrition cluster reached 128,398 children with treatment of acute malnutrition so far.
Of the admitted acute malnourished children, 42,229 were admitted for SAM treatment and 86,169 for MAM treatment (page 2).Major new initiatives undertaken by the cluster in this quarter includes Series Capacity building initiatives, this includes workshops for regional cluster focal persons, nutrition in emergency workshop for partners in Puntland and Southcentral zones.. (Page 10)
Critical levels of Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM rate ≥15 %) were observed among six IDPs of 12 surveyed during Gu 2016 assessment. These are Dhobley, Baidoa and Dolow IDPs in South-Central regions and Garowe, Bosasso and Galkayo in Northeast region (Page 4).
Only 29.9 Million which is 45% per cent of the required funds (US$ 66.1 million) have been received to date. With this funding currently the cluster have reached 40% of the children and pregnant and lactating women who were a dire need of nutrition services. …. (Page 3)