At the conclusion of the analysis process, the analysis team should draft the key messages to be included in the report. The IPC Analysis Report outlined below should be finalized and released preferably within 15 days of the completion of analysis. All IPC reporting should contain the minimum information, as per Table 41.
If IPC Acute Food Insecurity and Acute Malnutrition analyses are conducted simultaneously, it is highly recommended that one report be produced combining the analyses results.
The IPC Modular Communication Template provides a standard format and content guide for developing IPC Analysis Reports. The Template was developed to meet the different interests and needs of a variety of IPC stakeholders while ensuring that the minimum requirements for communicating IPC results are met. By using the Template, IPC Analysis Reports effectively communicate key findings in a clear, concise, accessible and consistent format.
The IPC Modular Communication Template for Acute Malnutrition consists in ten modules: (1) Key facts and messages; (2) Classification maps and estimated number of children acutely malnourished and in need of treatment; (3) Situation overview and key drivers; (4) Recommendations for action; (5) Detailed number of children who are acutely malnourished and in need of treatment; (6) Process, methodology and data sources; (7) Results in figures; (8) Summary of factors contributing to Acute Malnutrition; (9) Profile of the most-affected areas; and (10) Results of other IPC classifications.
General considerations for completing the IPC Modular Communication Template include the following:
Module 1: Key Facts and Messages
Purpose: To provide concise responses to the key five questions: how severe, how many, when, where and why (Box 91).
Key information:
Module 2: Classification maps and estimated number of children acutely malnourished and in need of treatment
Purpose: To provide large-scale, more detailed classification maps for both the current and projected situation, and the estimated number of children acutely malnourished and in need of treatment (Box 92).
Key information:
Module 3: Situation overview and key drivers
Purpose: To provide a more detailed analysis of current and projected classification to answer the five key questions of how severe, how many, where, when, and why, already briefly answered in Module 1 (Box 93).
Key information:
A. Current situation overview, considering:
B. Projected situation overview, considering:
See Box 94 for an example of a situation overview.
Module 4: Recommendations for action
Purpose: To provide general recommendations for: (i) response priorities; (ii) situation monitoring and update; and (iii) data collection and information systems (Box 95).
Key information:
Module 5: Estimated number of children who are acutely malnourished and in need of treatment
Purpose: To develop and shares the estimates of number of children who are acutely malnourished and in need of treatment (Box 96).
Key information:
Specification of the phase classification for each area analysed.
Module 6: Process and methodology
Purpose: To describe the IPC approach, the analysis process, main data sources and key limitations (Box 97).
Key information:
Module 7: Results in figures
Purpose: Presents key results in easily accessible infographics (Box 98).
Key information:
Graphic visual representation of the most important results/information of the IPC analysis for the current and projected period (if available), specifically:
Module 8: Summary of factors contributing to Acute Malnutrition
Purpose: To provide an overview of the key drivers triggering Acute Malnutrition (Box 99).
Key information:
For the areas classified in IPC Acute Malnutrition Phase 3+, use the table provided in the module to indicate the major, minor and no contributing factors as well as no data availability per area.
Module 9: Profiles of the most-affected areas
Purpose: To present key findings and observations for each area or group of major concern (Box 100).
Key information:
Module 10: Results of other IPC classifications (as applicable)
Purpose: contextualize the current classification in relation to relevant IPC Acute Food Insecurity and/or Chronic Food Insecurity analysis, presenting the linkages and complementarity between them, as well as providing trends over time (Box 101).
Key information: