Assessments

The number of food insecure Tanzanians requiring food aid in March jumped dramatically to 3,477,000, according to a Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS) rapid vulnerability assessment (RVA) conducted in February and released earlier this…

Assessment Team Members: Ahemed Abbo Ammna El Aagib Gregory Brady Mohamed Tom Mohamed Gabir James Oilor Dr. El Wali Abdul Salam Introduction According to various reports half of Darfur's 6 million people are directly affected by the conflict. More than 700,000 people…

OVERVIEW This month we present the preliminary results of the first stage of a study on the relationship between nutrition, dietary diversity and food security in Somalia. The study results have provided interesting material for further discussion…

Latest AAH studies in Atar, Kapoeta, and Nyadin unearth emergency levels of acute malnutrition Note that the situation in Kapoeta (Eastern Equatoria) and in Nyadin (Central Upper Nile) is of concern. Rates are above the emergency thresholds of 15%, and…

Executive Summary After 3 years of intervention in Old Fangak payam, Central Upper Nile, Southern Sudan, Action Against Hunger (ACF-USA) was facing 2 main difficulties: on one hand increasing rates of malnutrition over the years in spite of external interventions…

Written by and on behalf of the following United Nations agencies who participated in all or part of the assessment mission: OCHA, WFP, UNICEF, WHO and FAO Each agency is responsible only for the parts of the report covering locations…