Over 114,000 children aged 6 to 59 months and 13,000 pregnant or breastfeeding women (PBW) are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in the 13 refugee settlement and 12 host districts of Uganda between April 2023 and March 2024.

In the 13 refugee settlements (excluding Kampala urban settlement), 2 settlements were classified in IPC AMN Phase 3 (Serious) and 6 in IPC AMN Phase 2 (Alert) during the period of April – September 2023. In the projection period of October 2023 – March 2024, the AMN situation is expected to deteriorate in 1 settlement, remain similar in 10 settlements and improve in 2 settlements. However, during the projection period, GAM levels will likely improve in all settlements located in West Nile, Acholi and Kiryandongo areas while they are expected to deteriorate in all settlements located in the midwest and southwest areas.

As for the 12 host districts included in the analysis, 1 district was classified in IPC AMN Phase 2 (Alert) while the other 11 districts were classified in IPC AMN Phase 1 (Acceptable). During the projection period, the IPC phase is expected to deteriorate in 1 district but remain similar in all other 11 districts. GAM levels will likely improve in all districts located in West Nile, Acholi and Kiryandongo areas while they are expected to deteriorate in all districts located in the Midwest and southwest areas.

• Scale up case identification and treatment of Acute malnutrition (both SAM and MAM cases) for both children and women. 
• Improve coverage and access of IMAM services through stabilizing the commodity pipeline, strengthening the capacity of health workers in IMAM, having the right staffing levels, and strengthening the facility-community linkages.
• Strengthen MIYCAN practices at both health facility and community levels.
• Strengthen the Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM) within the settlements and host communities to bring health services closer to households, addressing leading child morbidities and reducing burden on health facilities.
• Strengthen prevention, testing and treatment of common childhood illnesses (malaria, fever, diarrhoea).
• Scale up Anaemia prevention and treatment interventions among children and women of reproductive age.
• Improve coverage of WASH practices.
• Strengthen shock responsive social protection to improve resilience of households to shocks and vulnerabilities.
• Scale up Social Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) on health and WASH.