Sierra Leone Remote Monitoring Update, August 2015
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Key Messages
Stressed (IPC Phase 2) and Crisis (IPC Phase 3) food security outcomes are expected to persist through September 2015 due to a prolonged lean season caused by below-average food availability and atypically weak household purchasing power. The highest levels of food insecurity will be observed in Bo, Kambia, Port Loko, Moyamba, Kailahun, and Kenema districts where poor households are currently experiencing food consumption gaps.
In early August, the government lifted its ban on weekly markets. Improving market functioning and the upcoming harvest in October will help food and income sources normalize, contributing to Minimal (IPC Phase 1) in most areas. However, poor households in Moyamba, Kenema and Kailahun districts are projected to remain Stressed (IPC Phase 2) due to a slower recovery from this year’s Ebola-related shocks.