Summary
Scope of work TASC was commissioned to review the nutritional information and analysis systems (NIS) including indicators, data collection, analysis and use in Yemen through a situation analysis. The mandate aimed to systematically identify factors that influence the collection, analysis, dissemination and use of up-to-date, accurate and representative nutritional information in Yemen through in-depth consultations with relevant stakeholders and an additional desk review. The results of this exercise are intended to help stakeholders clearly define a set of sequential actions (immediate, short-term, and long-term) to address key challenges and obstacles in the NIS in order to improve overall availability, quality, analysis, and improvement of files.
Food programming in Yemen The amount of food aid in Yemen has increased every year from 2016 to 2019, with preliminary data from the Financial Tracking Service of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) showing a decrease in funding in 2020. In late January 2021, UN OCHA reported that $ 1.9 billion, 56 percent of the $ 3.38 billion needed for the overall 2020 Humanitarian Response Plan, was provided by international donors. 1 Nonetheless, humanitarian aid in Yemen remains the world’s largest humanitarian aid in history. The nutrition cluster in Yemen is led by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and jointly led by the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MOPHP). In October 2020 there were 42 active implementing partners of the Nutrition Cluster, including 17 national non-governmental organizations (NGOs), 20 international NGOs, four United Nations (UN) organizations and a government agency.
An important part of the nutrition program in Yemen is Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM), which is managed at the health facility level with some community and mobile services. CMAM includes: the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) through both an outpatient targeted supplementary nutrition program (TSFP), the treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) without complications through an outpatient therapeutic treatment program (OTP), and the treatment of SAM with complications through an inpatient therapeutic program Nutrition Center (TFC) program also known as “Stabilization Centers (SC)” in hospitals. and some health centers and by mobilizing the community through the community health and nutrition volunteers. In addition, some health facilities have infant and toddler nutrition corners (IYCF), counseling and breastfeeding support, as well as nutritional preventive services such as the Blanket Supplementary Feeding Program (BSFP) and micronutrient interventions, including micronutrient supplement services – such as iron folic acid (IFA) nutritional supplements for pregnant women, and vitamin A. Micronutrient Powder (MNP) food supplement.
