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To operationalize its commitment to the humanitarian imperative — to provide timely analyses where needed — the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) global initiative has developed new Standard Operating Procedures to conduct IPC Globally-Led Analyses in situations when having an IPC process in line with IPC principles led by a country IPC Technical Working Group is not viable or possible.

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The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) defines Famine as a situation in which at least one in five households has an extreme lack of food and face starvation and destitution, resulting in extremely critical levels of acute malnutrition and death.

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For more informations visit the Famine Fact Sheet microsite

KEY MESSAGES
In the Sudan, Famine (IPC Phase 5) is ongoing in the Zamzam Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) site near El Fasher, North Darfur, and is expected to persist through October 2024. Many other areas throughout the country are at risk of Famine but insufficient data inhibited analysis for many hard-to-reach areas. In total, 25.6 million people in the Sudan are estimated to face high levels of acute food [...]

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The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) and the Cadre Harmonisé (CH) provide decision-makers with a rigorous, evidence- and consensus-based analysis of food insecurity and acute malnutrition situations. While the IPC/CH estimates of the number of food insecure and malnourished people indicate where and how many people fall in different phases of food insecurity or malnutrition by geographical areas, several recommendations have been made in recent years for the IPC/CH [...]

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