About 2.2 million people in the Central African Republic (CAR) are projected to experience high levels of acute food insecurity classified in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse between April and August 2022 due to conflict, population displacement and high food prices. The projection corresponds to the lean period in most agro-climatic zones of the country. During this lean period, in the absence of food assistance, it is estimated that 13% of the population is likely to be in Emergency (IPC Phase 4). In the capital, Bangui, more than 153,000 people are in high acute food insecurity (Phase 3 and 4 of the IPC). These figures remain among the highest in the CAR, confirming the persistence of a high prevalence of acute food insecurity in the central African nation.

Provide humanitarian assistance and protection programmes: Provide immediate food assistance in the quantity and quality necessary to support populations in Crisis or Emergency (IPC Phase 3 or 4), especially during the lean season. These populations include displaced persons, returnees and host families, as well as people with specific needs (poor and very poor households, seniors citizens, those with chronic illness, HIV, etc.).

Provide livelihood support: Implement urgent actions targeted by sub-prefecture to facilitate access to food and protect or strengthen household livelihoods through the distribution of agricultural and livestock inputs and the creation of community assets. Protect and maintain livelihoods through better synergy and coordination between different Ministries.

Increase access to safe water and adequate sanitation: Improve food utilisation and its impact on nutrition by facilitating people’s access to safe water sources through the rehabilitation and development of boreholes in areas where access to safe water remains low, while intensifying hygiene and sanitation awareness and services among households in hard-to-reach areas.

Improve acute malnutrition services: Strengthen the coverage and quality of management of acute malnutrition and revitalise the health and nutrition system to improve the quality and coverage of primary care services (input management, adaptation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) protocols, and strengthening of routine system, human resources and surveillance and management of diarrhoea, fever, malaria and acute respiratory infections (ARIs).