MALAWI NUTRITION CLUSTER

UPDATE

Nutrition Cluster Coordination Meeting November 24th 2016

• October- 1,062,519 Children reached through mass

screening in 14 districts 27,967 children (3140 SAM and

24827 MAM) were referred The mass screenings activities

are being conducted through partnerships established by

UNICEF and DNHA.

• Nutrition Cluster has developed Nutrition Cluster

contingency plan in collaboration with department of

Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DODMA).

• Child Health Days campaign have commenced from 1st

week of November, children 6-59 months were reached

with Vitamin A and Deworming as well as health and

nutrition education messages.

Highlights

Contd..

• During the month of October 3,537 children under five

suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) were

provided with lifesaving treatment at OTPs and NRUs.

• 8,197 children were provided the treatment Moderate

Acute Malnutrition (MAM) conditions.

• 3,456 Pregnant and Lactating Women (PLW) were provided

with supplementary feeding at SFPs.

• 19,741 malnourished adolescents and adults on TB and

ART treatment were reached under NCST program from

January to September 2016. Scaling up in progress..

• SMART Nutrition survey data collection have been

commenced since third week of November, preliminary

results to be announced by mid December 2016.

Targeted vs Reached Against FIRP 2016/17

Targeted Groups Response

Plan targets

Achieved July-October 2016

Severe Acute Malnourished

Children

61,810 13,990 (23% of total target)

Moderate Acute

Malnourished Children

107,700 29,512 (27% of total target)

Pregnant and Lactating

Women

45,300 13,857 (30% of total target)

Malnourished People with

HIV and TB

97,400 6,242 (7% of total target JULY)

Program Performance (Annual)

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SAM Admission Jan- October- Comparison of

2016 and 2015

2015 SAM 2016 SAM % increase

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MAM Admission Jan- October-

Comparison 2016 and 2015

2015 MAM 2016 MAM %Increase

• Overall 48% increase in SAM admissions

from 30445 in Jan - October 2015 to

45,103 in Jan -October 2016

• Overall 81% increase in MAM Children

admissions from 49,619 in Jan - October

2015 to 94,956 in Jan-October 2016

Overall Jan to Oct 2016 Death Rate is at 7.7%

which is within the SPHERE Standards of

Lowest Death Rates in 2016 Compared to past 5 years

NRU

Death

Rates

Severity

Map 2016

Admissions by District (2016)

SAM Admissions in 2016 MAM Admissions in 2016

In Districts with low

admission rates the

referral support to

be enhanced and

intense community

mobilization and

Active Case

Finding strategies

to be ensured

Cluster Funding Status against FIRP

Total requirements for Nutrition Cluster response plan- FIRP

July 2016 to March 2017

Total Requirement = $29.1 million

Received = $25million

Resource Gap = $4,132,008 (14%)[46% Response is being covered by DFID and 30% by WB]

(Donors: DFID, World Bank, German BMZ, German NatCom, Irish Aid,

Scottish Govt.)

Supplies Pipeline Update

Commodities Requirements for 2017 Current Stock Pipeline Gap

RUTF (MT) 1620 MT (till Dec 17) 202 MT 896 MT 523 MT

F75 Therapeutic diet (box) 1,800 (till Dec 17) 634 975 0

F100 Therapeutic diet (box) 4,860 (till Dec 17) 0 3,445 3240

ReSomal, 42g Sachet (box) 960 (till Dec 17) 214 - 746

Retinol 100,000IU soft gel (box) 1,540 (till Dec 17) 3,717 - 0

Retinol 200,000IU soft gel (box) 8,724 (till Dec 17) 4,241 - 0

Amoxicillin powder (bottle) 18,000 (till Dec 17) 25,959 - 0

Albendazole 400mg Box 43,620 (till Dec 17) 329 - 43,291

Folic acid 5mg tabs/PAC-1000 18 (till Dec 17) 152 - 0

Super Cereal Plus (MT) 2633 (till May 17) 1666 1534 0

RUTF for adults (MT) 324 (till May 17) 235 0 89

Super Cereal (MT) 1231(till May 17) 386 1322 0

Vegetable Oil (MT) 104 (till May 17) 139 131 0

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