In June 2020, Â鶹ÊÓƵ in Republic of Congo has started supporting women groups making mbala pinda. Those mixed cassava and peanuts snacks will be bought by Â鶹ÊÓƵ and distributed as school meals and in health centres to vulnerable people of the area. In order to ensure the food safety of this new product, Â鶹ÊÓƵ realized a food safety guide for women groups (or everyone interested in the production of this product) with basic and mandatory guidelines for the production of mbala pinda. A second guide should be published in the next weeks focusing on taking care of cassava processing equipment.
Following the release of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ COVID-19 Medium-term programme framework (MTPF), the Nutrition Division has developed a number of guidance tools and documents related to the MTPF pillars of work. The Overweight and obesity in the context of COVID-19 technical note and guidance aims to support Â鶹ÊÓƵ's work in the area of promoting healthy and nutritious diets, and preventing all forms of malnutrition. Note that this is part of the forthcoming guidelines on overweight and obesity prevention, highlighting the key role that Â鶹ÊÓƵ can play across the various systems ¨C food, health, social protection and education systems.
Undernutrition costs Mozambique 10.9% of GDP each year, equivalent to USD 1.7 billion. As such, undernutrition is a cause as well as a result of poverty. Almost half the population lives in poverty, and around one-third in absolute poverty. The food insecurity of these households is exacerbated by Mozambique's high susceptibility to climate shocks such as cyclones, floods and droughts. Mozambique is also one of only eight countries with an HIV prevalence of over 10%. Malnutrition among people living with HIV (PLHIV) is a serious public health concern. Â鶹ÊÓƵ Mozambique¡¯s Nutrition and HIV programmes follow the Humanitarian-Development Nexus, aiming to serve communities in emergencies, assist in their recovery, and help build robust resilience. To learn more, please refer to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Mozambique Nutrition and HIV Unit ¨C Current and future programming document.
Joint Rapid Assessment conducted by Â鶹ÊÓƵ and FAO on the possible Impact of COVID-19 on Livelihoods, Food Security, Nutrition and Agricultural Supply Chain in Pakistan.
The report is a combined effort of 4 UN agencies and the Government of Pakistan coming together to present the overall picture of where Pakistan stands in the efforts to eliminate hunger and malnutrition.
As COVID-19 spreads rapidly in Uganda, Â鶹ÊÓƵ is supporting the country in meeting the humanitarian needs of 1.2 million refugees, as well as
malnourished children and women and school children in the Karamoja region. In addition, Â鶹ÊÓƵ is providing supply chain support to contribute to the government¡¯s efforts to slow the spread of the virus while protecting livelihoods
How do you reach beneficiaries with food and services in the midst of a global pandemic? This brief describes how Â鶹ÊÓƵ Mozambique has adapted its nutrition and HIV programmes to stop the spread of COVID-19.
The closure of schools across the region due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has meant that large numbers of vulnerable children have been unable to access formal learning, school meals and selected nutrition and health services for extended periods. School meals provided at school contribute vital nutrients to the children¡¯s diets, while acting as a motivation for school attendance particularly for the most marginalized and needy children. Equally important is the access to basic preventive and promotive health and nutrition services, such as the delivery of iron supplements, de-worming, and oral health and nutrition checks that are provided via the school platform. Therefore, there is an urgency for putting multi-sectoral measures in place to build back better and protect and enhance the nutrition and health outcomes of school children as they return to school.
This document has been developed by Â鶹ÊÓƵ and UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Offices and provides a non-exhaustive list of recommended multi-sectoral actions for Government, UNICEF, Â鶹ÊÓƵ and other partners to consider as part of their short and longer-term planning for and implementation of school reopening. Part one of this checklist is focused on key nutrition actions, with part two focusing on child protection, WASH, education and health actions. The actions are divided into those that should be put in place prior to schools re-opening, and after schools have opened.
In Ghana, the SBCC strategy which was a part of a stunting and micronutrient prevention programme was planned to serve as a vehicle to promote the consumption of locally produced SNFs and other locally available nutritious foods; serve as feedback mechanism to the distribution of SNFs and non-SNFs; improve attendance to health services (Antenatal, Postnatal and Child Welfare Clinics ¨C ANC, PNC and CWC); and for adoption of positive lifestyles.
In January 2020, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) launched its new strategy in support of school health and nutrition for the school children of the world. One month later COVID-19 emerged and within weeks became a pandemic that led to 1.6 billion school children being excluded from schools globally by March 2020. School health and nutrition were always important for the growth and development of school children, but in this new COVID world they are even more important. This is a call to action: for governments, partners and Â鶹ÊÓƵ staff to help countries now to maintain care and support for the out-of-school children, and next to use school health and nutrition programmes as a key incentive for families to send their children back to school, and to build back schools better.
Cette ¨¦tude de cas a pour objectif de partager l¡¯exp¨¦rience du Togo quant ¨¤ l¡¯int¨¦gration de la nutrition dans son programme de cantine scolaire.
Elle est principalement destin¨¦e aux professionnels responsables des programmes de cantine scolaire, de la nutrition ainsi qu¡¯aux responsables d'autres domaines techniques tels que l¡¯appui ¨¤ l¡¯acc¨¨s au march¨¦ pour les petits producteurs (SAMS) et les modalit¨¦s de transferts (CBT), etc.
In order to understand the situation of food and nutritional security among the small/marginal farmers, landless/daily wage labourers and migrant labours during the post COVID-19 period, the Inter-Agency Group, including Oxfam India, Catholic Relief Services, World Vision India, Caritas India, HelpAge India along with UNICEF and Â鶹ÊÓƵ commissioned a study in Odisha, India.
The objectives of the study were to: assess the impact of COVID-19 on food and nutrition security of vulnerable people such as small/marginal farmers, daily wage earners, migrant families in Odisha. Communicating to the government about the seriousness of the problem and providing recommendations. Facilitate in designing short term and long-term responses for most vulnerable community in Odisha.
With support from the Flemish Government, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Malawi has led the Integrated Risk Management Programme (IRMP), which is a three-year project (2017-2019) implemented in three districts of the southern region of Malawi to reduce food, nutrition and income insecurity among vulnerable smallholder households in the context of increasing climatic risks and climate variability.
This series analyses Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s performance in its pursuit to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030. It explores Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s progress in four critical areas including: digital transformation, south-south and triangular cooperation, nutrition and QCPR/UN reform. The reports deep dive into key initiatives mentioned in the 2018 and 2019 Annual Performance Report and outline Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s main results, challenges, lessons learned and priorities for the coming years.
This decentralized evaluation was?commissioned by the?Â鶹ÊÓƵ Burundi Country Office?and covered the?Treatment of Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) intervention in Ngozi, Kirundo, Cankuzo and Rutana from 2016 to 2019.? It was carried out in?2020.
Technical note on two approaches that establish the costs of reference food baskets: the Fill the Nutrient Gap/Cost of the Diet (FNG/CotD) and the Essential Needs Analysis/Minimum Expenditure Basket (ENA/MEB).
