ANTHROPOMETRIC NUTRITIONAL SURVEY - PFEDA / Page d ...

Most of the population assessed did not have livestock on the ground, leaving more than 90% of the
people with no access to milk or any form of meat foods. 13.7% of people surveyed were involved in
various forms of trade, enabling them to cope to some degree with the current food insecurity.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Nutrition
• It is essential that the mobile supplementary feeding programme is continued to prevent a general
deterioration in the situation with many more children becoming severely malnourished.
• Extensive household visits should be carried out by the nutrition extension workers to increase the
coverage of the supplementary feeding beneficiaries. Those eligible for the therapeutic feeding
centre should be given the opportunity to enroll into the programme.
• It will be important to conduct a follow up nutritional survey in the location preferably after a 4
month period so as to evaluate the impact of the on going interventions. Tearfund should also carry
out more longitudinal surveying across a smaller number of households in each supplementary
feeding site per week. This will enable nutrition extension workers to gain a micro understanding
of changing food and health patterns rather then sporadic nutritional snapshots.
• Health education, nutrition and food security lessons should be conducted alongside the feeding
sessions to ensure that the chronic situation in the location is addressed in the long run.
• Tearfund should continue to work closely with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and
other INGO’s in Malualkon to co-ordinate health, nutrition and food security programming.
Food security
• The general food distribution ration (WFP) needs to be increased from the current 50% to 75%
particularly during this phase of the hunger gap to enable the beneficiaries to be able to meet their
nutritional needs.
• A more targeted intervention aiming at increasing the food basket of the currently affected people
(the beneficiaries at the feeding centres) should be put into place so as to hasten their recovery rate.
4