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2014 Syrian Arab Republic Humanitarian Assistance Response Plan (SHARP)

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SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE RESPONSE PLAN <strong>2014</strong><br />

NUTRITION<br />

Lead agency: UNICEF<br />

Contact information: first name surname (email)<br />

Government counterpart: Ministry of Health<br />

PEOPLE IN NEED<br />

3 million<br />

PEOPLE TARGETED<br />

1 million<br />

REQUIREMENTS (US$)<br />

30 million<br />

# OF PARTNERS<br />

15<br />

Top priority<br />

All other<br />

$2 million<br />

$22 million<br />

Sector Strategy<br />

Nutrition Sector Strategic Objectives<br />

1. Establishing nutrition information and strengthening surveillance systems and routine nutrition reporting in<br />

order to enable appropriated design, delivery and monitoring of the nutrition sector response.<br />

2. Strengthening capacity for establishment of early detection of acute malnutrition among children (6-59m) and<br />

pregnant & lactating women, appropriate & timely treatment of SAM and MAM and follow up after discharge<br />

through expanding community network of volunteers, CBOs and NGOs outreach services and through<br />

government health facilities.<br />

3. Prevention of under nutrition through accelerated promotion of appropriate infant and young child feeding,<br />

ensuring improved coverage of appropriate micronutrient intervention and promotion of nutrition sensitive<br />

response in coordination with WASH, health and food security to elevate positive behavioural influences.<br />

4. Strengthen coordination of nutrition sector response in order to promote group achievement of nutrition sector<br />

objectives, including accomplishment of all nutrition sector activities and enhanced operational linkages with<br />

other relevant sectors, emergency preparedness and contingency planning and prepositioning.<br />

Sector Activities<br />

Considering the above, the Nutrition Sector response strategy has been designed to contribute to the Strategic<br />

Objectives of the overarching humanitarian response in Syria, through the pursuit of five key priority areas for<br />

action:<br />

Priority Nutrition Activities with Rationale<br />

1. Strengthening the nutrition information and surveillance system through standardization of data<br />

compilation and sharing from facility based (OTPs) and community based screening for malnutrition.<br />

Geographic targeting of nutrition programming will be based on available qualitative and quantitative data<br />

collection (facility based routine programme, sentinel sites, rapid assessment, comprehensive surveys, reports<br />

from campaign activities, focus group discussion, key informant interviews, etc.)In addition rapid assessments<br />

and nutrition surveys will be conducted. .. Routine nutrition information systems will also be assessed and<br />

supported in order to ensure timely availability of nutrition information (CMAM and IYCF focus) at a localised<br />

level to guide programme response, in addition to transmission of available nutrition data to support the overall<br />

sector response.<br />

2. Treatment of acutely malnourished children (6-59m) and pregnant & lactating women: Enhanced early<br />

detection of malnourished children and PLW in communities through strengthening and expanding community<br />

network of volunteers, CBOs staff and NGOs outreach services and through government health facilities for<br />

timely treatment and follow up after discharge, along with appropriate supervisory support. With the<br />

destruction of many health facilities, the community based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM)<br />

approach will be adopted to complement the limited facility based treatment of severely malnourished cases<br />

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