Highlights
· 2,200 new SAM admissions have been reported in October, reaching almost 17,800 so far this year, or 41% of the annual target.
· This month the French Red Cross has screened 86,875 for acute malnutrition in Diourbel with UNICEF support. More than 3,850 MAM were found, and 676 SAM detected and referred to health facilities. Diourbel has already reached 200% of its annual target two months before the end of the year.
· UNICEF has successfully advocated for health authorities to include screening for SAM and MAM in the December 2013 national vaccination campaign. This would allow to reach as many as 90% of children in Senegal (against 60% screening coverage of the national nutrition program)
· No additional emergency funding has been received this month. Thus UNICEF Senegal’s requirements of US$ 3,305,266 in the HAC remain 75% funded.