EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Nutrition situation in South Sudan has remained precarious over the years owing to chronic food insecurity. The populations displaced from South Kordofan and Blue Nile states from 2011 owing to conflict, were installed into camps in the Maban county and high levels of malnutrition among the children was described as a humanitarian crisis. A survey conducted by Médecins sans Frontières -Belgium (MSF-B) in Batil camps subsequently in August 2012, revealed Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) rate of 39.8%.

At Gakere health centre in the northern province of Ngozi, the World Food Programme is providing vital food supplements to malnourished pregnant women, nursing mothers and children under five.

Little Cécile weighed 2.70 kgs at birth in 2010. As time passed, her mother, Vénancie Sinzotuma, noticed that her youngest daughter was not growing normally. As soon as Cécile’s mother learned from a neighbour that WFP had a special feeding programme at Gakere, she did not hesitate.

The project started in July 2010 but was suspended during the implementation of emergency operation (EMOP 200266) from April 2011 to June 2012. The PRRO 200114 re-started in July 2012 and will be implemented until June 2013. The project assists about 2.4 million people, mainly children and pregnant and breastfeeding women. In partnership with the DPRK Government, WFP supports 14 factories which produce fortified biscuits and Super Cereals for children and women.

Highlights

• After the post-harvest improvement in food security indicators in October 2012, the food security situation is worsening as the lean season approaches. Since October 2012, the moderately food insecure has increased from 30% to 38%. The Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) using Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) also increased from 9% to 11% during the same period.

The Uganda 2013 CFSVA was produced by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics in collaboration with the World Food Programme. The data for the analysis was from the Uganda National Panel Survey (UNPS), which surveyed 2,563 households from September 2009 to August 2010.

1. Background

Nearly 60 per cent of Yemen’s children aged under 5 suffer from ‘chronic malnutrition’, which results in stunted growth and delayed mental development.

Following the enforcement of restrictive and discriminatory citizenship laws in Bhutan, over 100,000 refugees from Bhutan fled to Nepal in the early 1990s, where they were recognized on a prima facie basis by the Government of Nepal (GoN). The refugees from Bhutan were originally settled in seven refugee camps in south-eastern Nepal, where the GoN and UNHCR provided them with basic humanitarian assistance and international protection, in cooperation with other national and international partners, including WFP.

BISSAU – Le Programme alimentaire mondial des Nations Unies (PAM) a annoncé aujourd’hui que ses opérations en Guinée-Bissau devraient être interrompues en raison d’un déficit budgétaire, ce qui laisserait de nombreuses personnes vulnérables, y compris les jeunes mères et enfants, exposées à un risque élevé de malnutrition.

Les activités d’assistance alimentaire du PAM auprès de 278 000 personnes vulnérables – dont les besoins de financements s’élèvent à 7,1 millions de dollars jusqu’à la fin 2013 – auraient dû commencer le 1er mars.