Overview
Nutrition Situation in Somalia
In November 2008, FSAU, in collaboration with partners, conducted six nutrition surveys in Somalia using the standard survey methodology1. The population groups assessed were: IDPs in Bosasso and Shabelle regions, pastoralists in the Hawd and Addun livelihood zones and the agro-pastoralists and riverine livelihood zones in the Shabelle regions (See Map 1). One further assessment was conducted in the Bosasso urban population using the LQAS methodology. Findings from these assessments indicate a varied but precarious nutritional situation; with Very Critical rates of acute malnutrition2 reported in the Bosasso IDPs and Hawd pastoralists, Critical rates in the Addun pastoralists and Bosasso urban populations, and Serious rates in the Shabelle riverine, agro-pastoralists and IDP population.