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This report outlines the findings of the independent strategic mid-term review (MTR) of progress and learning from implementation of the IPC Global Strategic Programme (GSP) since early 2014. The mid-term review was undertaken from July 2016 to January 2017. 

The overall results and impact of the programme from inception to date were assessed to indentify adjustments in strategic direction to ensure the relevance of the project and achievement of results in [...]

HOW MANY & WHEN 

• As of March and throughout July 2017, 17 million people are estimated to be in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) and Emergency (IPC [...]

HOW MANY & WHEN:

• As of January 2017, 3.8 million were estimated in Crisis (IPC Phase 3), Emergency (IPC Phase 4) and Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5).
• Newsletters  |   20/02/2017   |  Eastern Africa   |  South Sudan

Cadre Harmonisé (CH) analysis at Senatorial Zone Level in October 2016 confirmed a very severe food insecurity and nutrition situation in Borno state, projecting the population in CH Phase 5 will increase from 55,000 to 115,000 people. A  FEWS NET IPC [...]

The IPC for Acute Malnutrition Classification complements the IPC for Acute Food Insecurity Classification by providing information on non-food security related factors that contribute to acute malnutrition. Additionally, the outcome of the IPC AFI classification is used as an input in the IPC for Acute Malnutrition. IPC for Acute Malnutrition should ideally be carried out at the same unit of analysis and at the same time as the IPC for [...]

The IPC Chronic Food Insecurity Classification follows the IPC core principles - technical consensus building, convergence of evidence, accountability, transparency and comparability - and is conducted according to the four IPC functions, namely Consensus Building, Classifying Severity, for Action, and Quality Assurance as defined in the IPC Technical Manual Version 2.0. 

This Addendum provides additions to the IPC Technical Manual Version 2.0 that are specific for the IPC classification of chronic [...]

The eight issue of the IPC GSU Quarterly Newsletter, June 2016 highlights important initiatives and developments undertaken at different levels since January 2016, among them: at the global level, the new partnerships secured for IPC, the technical challenges facing the IPC implementation, and the recent endorsement of the IPC Acute Malnutrition Classification tools by the IPC Global Steering Committee.

This issue also features recent IPC impacts, results and progress achieved in [...]

The results of the 2nd round of the IPC Chronic Food Security Analysis conducted in Bangaldesh last year in December 2015 have been officially released at the Technical Seminar held on 28th June 2016, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 

Following the successful completion and release of the 1st round of [...]

• As of June 2016, 14.12 million people are estimated to be in Crisis (IPC Phase 3), and Emergency (IPC Phase 4) and require urgent humanitarian assistance. This corresponds to 51% of the population and represents an increase of 9.4% compared to the results of the last IPC Analysis conducted in [...]

• As of April 2016, 4.3 million people were estimated to be in Crisis (IPC Phase 3), Emergency (IPC Phase 4) and Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5) and require urgent humanitarian assistance. This is a significant increase compared to the first quarter of 2016 (2.8 million people) and the same [...]