About 6.6 million people, or over half of South Sudan’s population (54%), are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, classified in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse between October and November. Of those, 2.2 million people are experiencing worse conditions in Emergency (IPC Phase 4) acute [...]

Between July 2022 and June 2023, an estimated 1.4 million children under five are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition based on analysis and estimations from the results of the SMART nutrition surveys, Food Security and Nutrition Monitoring System (FSNMS) and program admission trends. Approxi [...]

Overview of Acute Food Insecurity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Approximately 26.4 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are experiencing high levels of Acute Food Insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above). The causes are widespread poverty, conflict and displacement as w [...]

Overview of Acute Malnutrition The numbers of children under five and pregnant and lactating women who will suffer from acute malnutrition in 2023 are currently being validated by the nutrition sector partners. During the current period that coincides with the peak of acute malnutrition from July - [...]

Overview of the current situation The latest IPC analysis shows a significant increase in the severity of Haiti's food crisis, with 4.7 million people, nearly half of the population, experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, including 19,000 classified in Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5), a class [...]

In the areas analysed in the Grand South and Grand South-East, it is estimated that nearly 479,000 cases of Global Acute Malnutrition (severe and moderate) are expected from May 2022 to April 2023. Of these cases, the Grand South-East of the country is expected to account for nearly 123,000 cases of [...]

The current period of analysis, from June to September 2022, coincides with the harvest and post-harvest period of the main growing season marked by a relatively good food availability and accessibility. For this period, approximately 1.2 million people are in high acute food insecurity (IPC Phases [...]

According to the most recent analysis, from July to September 2022 (lean season), about 3.5 million people (24% of the ASAL population) are facing high levels of acute food insecurity – IPC Phase 3 or above, with about 2.7 million people in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) and 785,000 people in IPC Phase 4 (E [...]

Kenya’s nutrition situation has significantly deteriorated across the ASAL counties compared to the same season last year and the 2021 Short Rains analysis conducted in February 2022. Based on the July 2022 analysis, malnutrition levels were extremely critical (IPC AMN Phase 5) in Turkana North, [...]

Based on the results from 25 integrated food security, nutrition and mortality surveys conducted by the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) and partners in June and July 2022 and subsequent IPC acute malnutrition analysis conducted in August, the total acute malnutrition burden for Som [...]