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During the current period – November 2018 to February 2019 – households with acute food insecurity in Guatemala were classified in the following way: around 2.1 million inhabitants (13%) are in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) and 485,000 inhabitants (3%) in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency). 4.7 million people (28%) were also classified in IPC Phase 2 (Stressed).  A good part of the communities classified in IPC Phase 3 or worse include communities with a large population of day labourers and small farmers, which have limitations in terms of access to water suitable for human consumption and basic sanitation, and have a high prevalence of acute diarrheal diseases.  These households of day labourers and small producers are using strategies to cope with crises and emergencies in the deterioration of thei[...]

During the current period – December 2018 to February 2019 – the most vulnerable households in the Western Region of Honduras, located in the Central American Dry Corridor, have been classified in IPC Phase 2 (Stressed), which includes 392 000 people (28%) in this phase. Furthermore, around 174 000 inhabitants (13%) are classified in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) and 73 000 inhabitants (5%) are categorized in Phase 4 (Emergency).  A good part of the communities located in Phase 3 or worse coincide with those communities with 3 or more unsatisfied basic needs, having limitations in terms of access to water suitable for human consumption, basic sanitation, with a high prevalence of diarrhea, among others. The losses of the first maize and bean crops during the second semester of 2018 caused lo[...]

From October to December 2018, 277,000 people are estimated to be in Crisis (IPC Phase 3), representing 11% of the population of both Karamoja and Teso regions.  From January to March 2019, 1.2% of the population of Karamoja, approximately 14,000 people will be in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency), while 226,000 people, 21% of the population of Karamoja, will be in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis). From October to December 2018, the most affected areas were Kaabong and Kotido districts of Karamoja, which were classified in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis).  From January to March 2019, in addition to these two districts, Moroto and Abim will also be in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis). Heavy rains in May and June caused water logging and flooding which led to destruction of gardens and rotting of root crops affecting crop productio[...]

Between February and May 2019, an estimated 31 percent of Zimbabwe’s rural population (2,878,957 people) require urgent action to protect and save livelihoods, reduce food consumption gaps, and minimize acute malnutrition. 1,891,777 people (20 percent) are in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis), while 987,179 (10 percent) have been classified in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency). Approximately 2,873,301 people (31 percent) are in IPC Phase 2 (Stressed), while 3,668,405 people (39 percent) have been classified in IPC Phase 1 (Minimal). The most affected households are those with minimal or depleted cereal stocks, making them more dependent on market for food purchase, as well as those relying on labour opportunities linked to the preparation of the cropping season. The most severely affected areas classified in [...]

In the current analysis period of January 2019, 6.17 million people (54% of the population) are estimated to have faced Crisis (IPC Phase 3) acute food insecurity or worse, out of which 1.36 million people faced Emergency (IPC Phase 4) acute food insecurity and 30,000 faced Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5) . The people in Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5) in January 2019 are found in four counties, namely: Canal/Pigi and Pibor (former Jonglei); Panyikang (former Upper Nile); and Cueibet (former Lakes). Large-scale humanitarian assistance is urgently needed to save lives and protect livelihoods in these counties. Compared with the same time last year, the January 2019 levels of food insecurity reflect a 13% increase in the population facing Crisis (IPC Phase 3) acute food insecurity or worse in the post-h[...]

280,000 people (about a third of the total population) are in a chronic food insecurity situation requiring urgent intervention aimed, in particular, at improving food consumption, preventing malnutrition, promoting programs of safety nets and the elimination or reduction of the factors underlying this food insecurity. The most severely affected areas are the Obock regions in the north, the Ali Sabieh and Dikhil regions in the south, with respectively 30%, 25% and 20% of the rural population at IPC Level 4 (Severe). In the capital and its periphery (Balbala), 15% and 25% respectively are at Level 3, about 113,000 people. This analysis was done using data covering the period 2007 to 2017, however, the results will be valid for 5 years, from 2018 to 2022. Rural populations, particularly in [...]

The analysis conducted in April 2018 shows that approximately 430 000 people of the population analysed (36 percent) are chronically food insecure across 12 municipalities and the special Administrative Region of Oecussi and Ambeno (SAROA); out of them, 176 000 people (15 percent) are experiencing severe chronic food insecurity (IPC level 4), and 254 000 people (21 percent) are moderately chronically food insecure (IPC level 3). Additionally, 461 000 people (39 percent) are mildly food insecure (IPC level 2). Only 25 percent of the population analysed is considered food secure (IPC level 1).  Of major concern are the municipalities of Ermera, Manufahi and the Special Administrative Region of Oé-Cusse Ambeno (SAROA), which fall under severe chronic food insecurity (IPC level 4). Other mu[...]

KEY RESULTS The results of the first IPC Chronic Food Insecurity Analysis in Guatemala identified the following levels of Chronic Food Insecurity (CFI): five of the 22 departments are in IPC Phase 4; 13 departments in IPC Phase 3; and four departments in IPC Phase 2. Of the total population analysed that is equivalent to 17.3 million, 16% (2.7 million) are in IPC Phase 4 (Severe); 22% (3.8 million) are in IPC Phase 3 (Moderate), and 38% (6.6 million) are in IPC Phase 2 (Mild). The remaining 24% of the population (4.2 million) are in IPC Phase 1 (Minimal). Six and a half million people do not have adequate energy in their diet: 2.7 million for four or more months a year (Severe CFI), and 3.8 million, between two and four months a year (Moderate FCI). The population that inhabits these ho[...]

The first IPC Chronic Food Insecurity analysis conducted in Honduras has allowed to estimate that 9 of the 10 departments of the Dry Corridor of the country are in Level 3 (Moderate Chronic Food Insecurity); and a department (Francisco Morazán) in Level 2 (Mild Chronic Food Insecurity). IPC Chronic Food Insecurity Analyses results are valid up to 5 years, in absence of unusual shocks. 23% of the analyzed households are in Levels 3 (17%) or 4 (6%). For these households, food consumption presents a deficit of dietary energy for at least 2 months a year and every day they do not consume a proper diet. These households are characterized by low purchasing power, which is aggravated by the constant increase of food prices, reflecting this condition in an access to an inadequate diet in term[...]

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), two cleavages are visible: (i) the Eastern block, which is is strongly affected by armed conflicts of foreign troops and local militia, and (ii) the western and central blocks, more stable but very landlocked, developing rates of chronic malnutrition above the acceptable threshold. The national analysis of the Integrated Framework for the Classification of Chronic Food Security shows three major zones: (i) the city province of Kinshasa at Level 2 (light food insecurity), (ii) the center of the country and the Northeast at Level 4 (severe chronic food insecurity), and (iii) the remaining areas without Kinshasa at Level 3 (food insecurity).  According to national surveys conducted over the last ten years, three out of five households have acce[...]

DISCLAIMER: please note that this IPC Acute Malnutrition analysis was integrated with an IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis referring to the same period. Please click here. The overall situation of acute malnutrition has slightly improved this year as compared to the same period last year with no county reporting extreme critical levels (GAM above 30%) of acute of malnutrition in 2018. A total of 31 counties in the former states of Warrap, Unity, Upper Nile, and Jonglei reported ‘Critical’ (GAM (WHZ) 15.0 – 29.9%) levels of acute malnutrition while 20 counties in Lakes, Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile reported ‘Serious’ (GAM (WHZ) 10.0-14.9%) levels of acute malnutrition. Most of the counties for which county-level data was available in Central Equatoria and Western Equatoria reco[...]

DISCLAIMER: please note that this IPC Acute Malnutrition analysis was integrated with an IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis referring to the same period. Please click here. The prevalence of acute malnutrition is distributed as follows:  Critical: Turkana, Samburu, Mandera, East Pokot, North Horr Serious: West Pokot, Tana River, Garissa, Wajir Alert: Moyale, Saku, Baringo North/Marigat Acceptable: Narok, Kajiado, Makueni, Taita Taveta, Kwale, Kilifi.  The overall nutrition situation is projected to remain stable in most areas. However, past trends suggest the potential for fast deterioration in highly vulnerable counties such as Turkana and Mandera as households here have not yet fully recovered. In addition, poor child care practices, high morbidity, low literacy, poverty, and limite[...]

DISCLAIMER: please note that this IPC Acute Malnutrition analysis was conducted together with an IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis. To view the related IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis, please click here. Results from 30 separate nutrition surveys conducted by FSNAU and partners between in June and July 2018 indicate that the overall nutrition situation in Somalia has continued to improve due to a combination of improved food security conditions, reduced outbreak of diseases and sustained humanitarian interventions. However, high level of acute malnutrition tends to persist in several population groups due to underlying/structural causes. However, high level of acute malnutrition tends to persist in several population groups due to underlying/structural causes. The overall, level of a[...]

DISCLAIMER: please note that this IPC Acute Malnutrition analysis was integrated with an IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis referring to almost the same period (April - September 2018). Please click here for more information. Período de Março-Maio 2018:  Neste período, que corresponde a época de pré-colheita, o número de casos de desnutrição aguda estimados é de cerca de 34,000 crianças destas, cerca de 6,000 com desnutrição aguda grave e 29,000 com desnutrição aguda moderada. O distrito de Namuno na província de Cabo Delgado foi o único em situação de alerta (fase 2 do IPC-DA por Peso para Altura) e os restantes 8 distritos  classificados em situação aceitável. Refira-se que para igual período do ano passado (2017) o distrito de Namuno havia sido classificado em [...]

While the overall nutrition situation has improved according to the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) for Acute Malnutrition conducted in February 2018, the levels of acute malnutrition remain at Critical levels (Phase 4; GAM WHZ 15.0 - 29.9 percent) in Turkana Central, North, West and South, Tana River, Wajir North, North Horr and Laisamis sub-counties. In addition, Isiolo and Kajiado reported a Serious nutrition situation (Phase 3; GAM WHZ 10.0 -14.9 percent). Narok county was classified as Alert (Phase 2; GAM WHZ ≥ 5 to 9.9 percent) while Kilifi, Kwale, Kitui, Makueni, Mbeere and Tharaka were Acceptable (Phase 1; GAM WHZ <5%). The nutrition situation is projected to remain in the same phase in Turkana and Wajir North while a deterioration is expected in Isiolo, North H[...]

During the current period – November 2018 to February 2019 – households with acute food insecurity in Guatemala were classified in the following way: around 2.1 million inhabitants (13%) are in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) and 485,000 inhabitants (3%) in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency). 4.7 million people (28%) were also classified in IPC Phase 2 (Stressed).  A good part of the communities classified in IPC Phase 3 or worse include communities with a large population of day labourers and small farmers, which have limitations in terms of access to water suitable for human consumption and basic sanitation, and have a high prevalence of acute diarrheal diseases.  These households of day labourers and small producers are using strategies to cope with crises and emergencies in the deterioration of thei[...]

During the current period – December 2018 to February 2019 – the most vulnerable households in the Western Region of Honduras, located in the Central American Dry Corridor, have been classified in IPC Phase 2 (Stressed), which includes 392 000 people (28%) in this phase. Furthermore, around 174 000 inhabitants (13%) are classified in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) and 73 000 inhabitants (5%) are categorized in Phase 4 (Emergency).  A good part of the communities located in Phase 3 or worse coincide with those communities with 3 or more unsatisfied basic needs, having limitations in terms of access to water suitable for human consumption, basic sanitation, with a high prevalence of diarrhea, among others. The losses of the first maize and bean crops during the second semester of 2018 caused lo[...]

280,000 people (about a third of the total population) are in a chronic food insecurity situation requiring urgent intervention aimed, in particular, at improving food consumption, preventing malnutrition, promoting programs of safety nets and the elimination or reduction of the factors underlying this food insecurity. The most severely affected areas are the Obock regions in the north, the Ali Sabieh and Dikhil regions in the south, with respectively 30%, 25% and 20% of the rural population at IPC Level 4 (Severe). In the capital and its periphery (Balbala), 15% and 25% respectively are at Level 3, about 113,000 people. This analysis was done using data covering the period 2007 to 2017, however, the results will be valid for 5 years, from 2018 to 2022. Rural populations, particularly in [...]

From October to December 2018, 277,000 people are estimated to be in Crisis (IPC Phase 3), representing 11% of the population of both Karamoja and Teso regions.  From January to March 2019, 1.2% of the population of Karamoja, approximately 14,000 people will be in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency), while 226,000 people, 21% of the population of Karamoja, will be in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis). From October to December 2018, the most affected areas were Kaabong and Kotido districts of Karamoja, which were classified in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis).  From January to March 2019, in addition to these two districts, Moroto and Abim will also be in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis). Heavy rains in May and June caused water logging and flooding which led to destruction of gardens and rotting of root crops affecting crop productio[...]

Between February and May 2019, an estimated 31 percent of Zimbabwe’s rural population (2,878,957 people) require urgent action to protect and save livelihoods, reduce food consumption gaps, and minimize acute malnutrition. 1,891,777 people (20 percent) are in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis), while 987,179 (10 percent) have been classified in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency). Approximately 2,873,301 people (31 percent) are in IPC Phase 2 (Stressed), while 3,668,405 people (39 percent) have been classified in IPC Phase 1 (Minimal). The most affected households are those with minimal or depleted cereal stocks, making them more dependent on market for food purchase, as well as those relying on labour opportunities linked to the preparation of the cropping season. The most severely affected areas classified in [...]