SOMALIA

Recommendations

Info

Situation in 2015 305,000 acutely malnourished children in Somalia Over half of women have vitamin A deficiency Fewer than one in ten mothers exclusively breastfeed children to six months Only one in ten infants fed recommended combination breast milk and complementary solids in first year Three quarters of those in acute/ emergency food insecurity are IDPs Progress in 2015 More than 115,000 children under five with severe acute malnutrition received treatment More than 500 therapeutic feeding centres and 32 nutrition stabilization centres were given technical and operational support 91 per cent of those treated for malnutrition recovered 38 per cent of the population is acutely food insecure 12
Nutrition achievements in 2015 Undernutrition (fetal growth restriction, suboptimum breastfeeding, stunting, wasting, and deficiencies of vitamin A and zinc) causes 45 per cent of all deaths of children under 5 years of age in Somalia. It is a critical public health concern and is closely connected to poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene, and health facilities and services, as well as chronic food insecurity. All of these issues are being exacerbated by armed conflict and drought. The rates of food insecurity and malnutrition in Somalia remain at alarming levels – particularly among internally displaced populations. At any one time in 2015, 307,800 children were acutely malnourished and 55,800 were severely malnourished and at a much higher risk of death. In the face of these needs and obstacles, well established community and facility-based nutrition programmes treated 115,773 children in 2015. Integrating health and nutrition During the year, positive steps were taken to integrate health and nutrition services, especially in districts rolling out the EPHS programme. The availability of these services was improved in seven of the nine target regions, which have a total population of 5.5 million. The nutrition programme works closely with the health programme to ensure effective integration of routine immunization into the Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition/ Out-Patient Therapeutic Programme (OTP) sites. The first element of the integration initiative is being phased in across 22 districts in 10 regions in Central and South Somalia. Micronutrient powder UNICEF, in partnership with the NGO PSI, expanded its social marketing programme in Somaliland for diarrhoea treatment kits and micronutrient powders (Super Fariid) through private pharmacies and other channels. Public distribution of micronutrient powders through community-level channels has also been initiated in 12 EPHS districts in Benadir. UNICEF continued supporting supplementation of pregnant and lactating mothers with multiple micronutrients. Information management UNICEF supported the development of a web-based information-management platform and bottleneck analysis for the nutrition sector. Some 78 per cent of implementing partners have started to use the system for reporting data. The dashboard enables the partners and decision makers to have access to real-time programme data and information and make evidence-based decisions. Nutrition assessments The nutrition programme is also working with FAO/ FSNAU and the Ministries of Health to implement an assessment of infant and young child nutrition. UNICEF supported coverage of monitoring surveys in four districts in South and Central Somalia. A scoping assessment for a human resource development plan for the nutrition sector was finalized. The assessment will inform the development of a capacity development plan for the nutrition sector. UNICEF supported advocacy efforts and the setting up of a Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) inter-ministerial committee in Puntland in February 2015. Plans are at an advanced stage for launching the SUN initiative in Somaliland. The SUN high-level ministerial committee in Mogadishu was established and had its first meeting in late December. UNICEF continued to lead in the development of an effective nutrition coordination system and response. A review of the nutrition service rationalization plan was undertaken. The updated plan will optimize geographic coverage while minimizing overlap in services. 13
Page 1 and 2: UNICEF SOMALIA Annual Report 2015 a
Page 3 and 4: 42°E 44°E 46°E 48°E 50°E 52°E
Page 5 and 6: iii
Page 7 and 8: 1
Page 9 and 10: Situation in 2015 1 in 7 children d
Page 11 and 12: Humanitarian and emergency Interven
Page 13 and 14: Reaching the most disadvantaged Nom
Page 15 and 16: 9
Page 17: susceptibility to infectious diseas
Page 21 and 22: 15
Page 23 and 24: With UNICEF’s assistance, a solar
Page 25 and 26: subsidies. In addition, access cons
Page 27 and 28: 21
Page 29 and 30: Osob is attending school at a Youth
Page 31 and 32: Education achievements in 2015 Form
Page 33 and 34: Education in Emergencies In Somalia
Page 35 and 36: 29
Page 37 and 38: 31
Page 39 and 40: Child protection achievements in 20
Page 41 and 42: 35
Page 43 and 44: Social protection achievements in 2
Page 45 and 46: 39
Page 47 and 48: says Jean-Michel Delmotte, UNICEF
Page 49 and 50: 43
Page 51 and 52: 45
Page 53 and 54: commissioning 59 scheduled financia
Page 55 and 56: 49

SOMALIA

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?