Source: Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit
Country: Somalia
SPECIAL ISSUE
Deterioration in food security situation in Xudur (Bakool) is accompanied by an alarming three fold increase in severe acute malnutrition
Prevalence of very critical levels of acute malnutrition are sustained in Bulo Burte (Hiran)
NUTRITION SURVEILLANCE IN XUDUR (RAPID NUTRITION ASSESSMENT-MUAC)
OVERVIEW
In March 2014, Somali Armed Forces re-captured the Bakool province’s capital Xudur. However, the urban areas are still under siege with limited trade opportunities which renders the food price unreachable for the poor unemployed in the towns. With narrow humanitarian access, the lives of the residents in the urban areas of government controlled areas Bakool is very hard.