DISCLAIMER: Please note that this IPC Acute Malnutrition analysis was integrated with an IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis.

An estimated 652,960 children aged 6-59 months and 96,480 pregnant and lactating women require treatment of acute malnutrition. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that is affecting all counties in the country, the caseload for children aged 6 to 59 months requires urgent attention. The nutrition situation has remained similar across arid counties compared to the August 2020 analysis. The malnutrition situation was Critical (IPC AMN Phase 4) in seven counties: Garissa, Wajir, Mandera, Samburu, Turkana, the North Horr & Laisamis sub-counties in Marsabit County and Tiaty in Baringo County.

Population estimates July - November 2021

• Continue to advocate for national and county government budgetary allocation to procure commodities for management of acute malnutrition;
• Advocate for national and county government investment on evidence generation and nutrition surveillance activities to allow for comprehensive nutrition situation analysis;
• Closely monitor the health and nutrition situation in the face of rising COVID-19 cases to inform system capacity adjustment and expansion for sustained service delivery;
• Continue to strengthen multi-sectoral linkages and coordination at the national and county level to address the underlying and basic causes of the persistently high levels of acute malnutrition;
• Update contingency and response plans.