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WFP and UNICEF Joint Action Plan Progress update. 1 August 2014 Juba. World Food Programme. Some updates of June meeting. * Updates made to Nutrition Cluster during cluster meetings from the start of the process in late June 2014.
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WFP and UNICEF Joint Action PlanProgress update 1 August 2014 Juba World Food Programme
Some updates of June meeting * Updates made to Nutrition Cluster during cluster meetings from the start of the process in late June 2014
Strategy 1: Optimize nutrition services with existing partners
Strategy 3: Improve Community Outreach and Screening/Referrals
Strategy 4: Provision of Technical Support to Enhance Service Quality • WFP : Identification of 7 nutritionists for RRM ( 2 already in country and the rest by the end of August) • UNICEF : three national nutritionist joined for RRM mission , three international nutritional specialist will join by 15th August. • Training Needs assessment conducted with partners and continue for the capacity building program in the area of • Inpatient treatment and management of children with SAM • Outpatient therapeutic program both for MAM and SAM • Infant and young child feeding counselling • Training scheduled to start on 5th August (integrated CMAM/IYCF) by ACF
Strategy 5: Strengthen Existing Supply Chain Pipeline Management • Workshop held on 22 July 2014 to address the supplies, programming, reporting on programme performance issues • Collaboration with Sudan and Ethiopia country office to avert pipeline breaks and ease access to counties along the borders • Additional warehouse leased in Juba to strengthen prepositioning capacity
Strategy 6: Direct Implementation Through RRM • WFP : Additional RRM team identified to increase RRM teams from 6 to 15 . • Since the last nutrition cluster meeting (18 July 2014), nutrition participated in 3 Rapid Response Missions • Duk (in collaboration with JDF) • Gorwai (in collaboration with COSV) • New Fangak (in collaboration with Nile Hope)
Strategy 7: Enhanced Needs Analysis and Coordination • 3 surveys ongoing with ACF • Validation of pending SMART surveys done by CDC • Validation process and dissemination process of SMART surveys streamlined • Concept note for trilateral agreement between FAO, WFP and UNICEF under review for the FSMS to strengthen nutrition component • Recruitment of nutrition survey consultants initiated by UNICEF for direct implementation of surveys in priority counties
Where we have reached so far • Till date 42,379 children with SAM have reached against the target of 176,283 • Till date we have reached to 53,410 children with MAM against the target of 420,000
Appeal • Gaps exist in counties of high priority. Partners requested to expand operational presence • Please come forward by next week to UNICEF and WFP to reach to all these uncovered children in high risk counties .