Source: UN Children's Fund
Country: Senegal
Highlights
- 4,015 children have been admitted to treatment in January and February 2014, or 11% of the annual target.
- The national Infant and Young Child Feeding policy was validated in January with UNICEF funding and technical support.
- All 14 regions integrated screening for malnutrition into the national supplementation campaign. This strategy allows to reach at least 95% of all children aged 6 to 59 months who also receive Vitamin A and deworming.
- UNICEF trained the Division of Food and Nutrition (DAN) at the Ministry of Health on data management for decision making. A three day workshop to build the capacity of the Nutrition Technical Assistants provided to the DAN and the health regions also took place on 18-20 March.
- There is insufficient funding to sustain the pipeline of RUTF throughout the year and to maintain the technical assistance structure established in the health regions to support the nutrition response.
- The emergency appeal of $5,000,000 is 4% funded. Urgent unfunded needs include RUTF and technical assistance, particularly for the period from August until the end of the year.
- Flood preparedness ahead of the August flood season also requires additional funding.
