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Towards the final IPC Nutrition Scale: the 3rd IPC Nutrition Working Group Meeting

DATE
Mar 2015
REGION - COUNTRY
Global

In parallel to the experts’ consultation on the IPC Chronic Classification, the IPC Nutrition Working Group (NWG) also convened at FAO Headquarters, in Rome, from 23 to 25 February 2015. This was the third physical meeting since the development of the IPC Nutrition Classification prototype in early 2014. The first 2 days of the meeting focused on the review of the lessons learned and feedback from the 2nd round of Nutrition pilots conducted in Central African Republic and Bangladesh, and on the finalization of the IPC Nutrition Work-plan for March-December 2015. On day 3, the IPC Nutrition Working Group members exceptionally joined the IPC-Chronic Working Group in order to review the nutrition indicators that are included in the IPC Chronic Food Insecurity Classification and the way these indicators are analyzed.

A key outcome of the meeting is an improved IPC Nutrition Classification prototype based on the review of the lessons learned and feedback from the 2nd round of pilots. It has been also agreed to carry out 3 more country pilots using the revised prototype and have another physical meeting again in August-September 2015 to discuss the results of the 3rd round of pilots. The IPC Nutrition Classification tool is expected to be finalized at this August/September 2015 meeting, resulting in the development of the IPC Nutrition Classification Manual version 1.0 and associated training materials, by the end of the year.

Further, given the synergies and collaboration initiated between the IPC Nutrition and Chronic working groups the IPC NWG has agreed to continue working together with the IPC-Chronic Working Group and provide further support in the selection and provision of guidance for the analysis of nutrition indicators in the IPC-Chronic Classification.  

IPC Acute Malnutrition Phase Classification

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