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Online! - IPC Newsletter
Issue 7, March, 2010
In this newsletter you will find a pick of the IPC activities, developments as well as new resources released since September 2009 to March 2010.
New! - GLOBAL: Analysis: What is a famine?
IPC on IRIN, Johannesburg, 13 May 2010
Aid agencies and donors have warned of the possibility of a famine in Niger, evoking images of the last food crisis in the Sahelian country in 2005. Some media organizations have already pronounced the current crisis a famine. So, what exactly is a famine?
New! - Third issue of the FSNWG Monthly Update
May, 2010
The third issue of the FSNWG Monthly Update, May 2010 and the documents presented at the last FSNWG meeting of the 13 of May 2010: 1) Livelihood-based Livestock Interventions in Disasters - Upcoming LEGS Training; 2) Working across borders – benefits & challenges; 3) Regional FS update and outlook; 4) and Update on nutrition situation
> FSNWG Monthly Update - May 2010, Livelihood-based Livestock Interventions in Disasters , Working across borders – benefits & challenges
> Regional FS update and outlook May 2010, Update on nutrition situation May 2010
New! - Activities conducted in the East and Central Africa by March 2010
This is a summary table of activities conducted to date by the IPC Regional Working Group in East and Central Africa. It reflects the situation till March as per regional project logframe results/indicators.
New! - Half of Somali Women and Young Children Suffer from Anaemia
This press release reports the results of the Somalia, National Micronutrient and Malnutrition Study conducted in 2009.
New! - Summary of Key Recommendations for IPC practitioners
Review of Nutrition and Mortality Indicators for the IPC: Guidance on Reference Levels and for Decision-making
April 2010
This note summarizes the results of a review of current and potential IPC nutrition and mortality indicators,and provides recommendations for interpretation and guidance.
> Summary , Full Report
New! - Piloting the IPC and strengthening the Food Security Monitoring System in Honduras
WFP Honduras Country Office (CO) in coordination with WFP Food Security Analysis Service (HQ) and WFP Regional Bureau (RB) will test the use of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) to provide a common understanding of the current level of food insecurity and of the most food insecure areas in the country and identify the underlying causes of food insecurity. The main objective of the pilot exercise in the country is to create a Honduras Food Security Analysis map, based on the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification system which will be complementary to the existing WFP Honduras Food Security Monitoring System. Upcoming events: 1) IPC training and awareness raising the week of April 26; 2) the technical meeting on adaptation of IPC methodology to Honduras the first week of May; 3) National consultation/IPC analysis) during the second week of May.
New! - National IPC Workshop Analysis
April 2010
The next National IPC Analysis of Uganda will take place 26 - 30 April 2010.
> Agenda
Updated! - IPC Regional Workshops and National Consultation in Tajikistan
WFP Tajikistan Country Office developed an IPC strategy for 2010 in order to capitalize on the successful experience of the IPC pilot last year. As part of that strategy, a round of regional IPC workshops was organized to achieve a more in-depth IPC situation analysis with greater resolution at the sub-national level. During the regional workshops government representatives and international as well as local NGOs and other partners in the respective regions provided technical inputs and endorsed the results. A national consultation also took place to share and validate the results of the regional workshops by the food security stakeholders at the national level including the Government and members of the Food Security Cluster.
> Khorog IPC Regional Workshop, Kulyab IPC Regional Workshop, Khujand IPC Regional Workshop
New! - IPC Activities in Zimbabwe
From March to June 2010
A number of key events will be taking place in the country from March to June in order to strengthen the national capacities in undertaking IPC analysis. Forthcoming workshops are: 1) “IPC and Zimbabwe: From concepts to data needs” - March 2010; 2) “IPC and Zimbabwe: Field Trial” - April 2010; 3) “IPC and Zimbabwe: IPC Analyses Workshop” – May 2010. An awareness raising strategic plan has been also prepared covering the period from March to June 2010.
> IPC and Zimbabwe: From concepts to data needs, IPC Field Trial Workshop, IPC Analyses Workshop
New! - Implementation Strategy of the IPC in the southern Africa region
The Regional Strategic Support to National Vulnerability Assessment Committees in Southern Africa Development Community
The first issue of the Food Security and Nutrition Working Group (FSNWG) Monthly Update
Issue n.1, March 2010
The Food Security and Nutrition Working Group (FSNWG) has launched a new information product to share food security updates and relevant information on 12 countries in East and Central Africa. Here you can find the first issue of the FSNWG Monthly Update, March 2010.
Post Deyr ’09/10 Assessment Analysis
The Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) and FEWSNET gave a presentation on the Post Deyr ’09/10 Assessment Analysis during a Special SSS FSEDSC Meeting held on January 29th 2010. A final IPC analysis (and a comparison with the previous IPC map) integrates all of the sectoral data/analysis into an overall assessment of the current situation.
> Presentation on the Post Deyr ’09/10 Assessment Analysis , Press Release
IPC in the News
New! - GLOBAL: Analysis: What is a famine?
IPC on IRIN, Johannesburg, 13 May 2010
Aid agencies and donors have warned of the possibility of a famine in Niger, evoking images of the last food crisis in the Sahelian country in 2005. Some media organizations have already pronounced the current crisis a famine. So, what exactly is a famine?
Where Will the Next Food Crisis Strike?
IPC in the Science Daily
Feb. 2010
This article referes to the IPC as new system that can bring scientific results closer to the decision making process thus facilitating and accelerating the reaction time to food security.
> Where Will the Next Food Crisis Strike? Extended Geographical Monitoring Using Satellite Observation
IPC in The Food security in the World Disasters Report 2009
June 2009
The IPC is presented as an innovative approach to predicting food shortages, starvation and famine which are often the most devastating consequences of a disaster.
> FACTBOX - Food security in the World Disasters Report 2009
Also in Spanish! - IPC: using information to fight food insecurity
written by the GRET Team, ROSA - Operational Food Security Network (EU)
Nov. 2009
This Month's Highlight of the ROSA Bulletin is the IPC which is presented as an innovative approach to qualify each food insecurity situation, determine its level of severity, identify causes and provide tools for decision-makers. The article also proposes some orientations to address key questions about the IPC development in terms of technical development, strategy and governance.
> IPC on this month's highlight of the ROSA Bulletin , Spanish Version
Hungry for Change: An eight-step, costed plan of action to tackle global child hunger
Save the Children
Nov. 2009
Save the Children just released the report on “Hungry for Change: An eight-step, costed plan of action to tackle global child hunger” which makes a compelling case for greater political leadership to put an end to needless child suffering and death, and proposes a concrete action plan to reduce undernutrition. IPC is mentioned as an innovative approach for increasing the likelihood of early and preventive action as it provides relevant, accountable and timely information and analysis to decision makers.
> Hungry for Change: An eight-step, costed plan of action to tackle global child hunger
Crisis management:assessing food security
IPC headlines on EU Joint Research Centre (JRC) site
March 05, 2009
The JRC's Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC) is one of the eight agencies and international NGOs working together to implement the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC).
IPC in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE: New food security tool first for the region
IRIN NEWS
April 24, 2008
Vulnerability to Hunger: Improving Food Crisis Responses in Fragile States
Flores M. and Andrews C. , UN World institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER)
May 2008
Africa: New Improved Disaster Management Tool
Relief web; IRIN news
Nov. 14, 2007
East and Central Africa: IPC Regional Outlook Map 2008
Kenya IPC Map
(August 2008)
Uganda IPC Map
(July 2008)
DRC IPC Map
(July 2008)
Somalia IPC Map
(August 2008)
Burundi IPC Map
(July 2008)
