Nutrition Outcome Analysis
Diverse information is required to estimate and interpret:
• Core outcome (nutrition levels and deaths)
• Immediate causes (food consumption and disease)
• Underlying causes (household food security, social care and health environment).
In Somalia, diverse sources and methods are used to access the information to estimate both the core outcome, and contextual factors:
• Nutrition surveys based on SMART Methodology
• Rapid MUAC assessments
• Health facility nutrition data
• Admissions trends to feeding programs
• Secondary data on the food security, health, and on displacements.
In Somalia, the Nutrition situation analytical framework is the basis for interpreting findings of each outcome, and of the overall situation.