1. Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit Somalia
Post Gu’11
Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit Somalia
Information for Better Livelihoods
August 16th 2011
Integrated Nutrition Situation Analysis – Vetting Meeting
Central Regions
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC

2. Central Regions Livelihood Zones
There are 4 livelihood
zones in Central regions:
1. Hawd Pastoral LZ :
Mainly involved in rearing of camel. Sheep
and goats are of subsidiary.
2. Addun Pastoral LZ :
Sheep rearing is most important. Goats and
camel are subsidiary.
3. Cowpea Belt Agro-
pastoral LZ involved in
production & sale of
cowpea
4. Coastal Deeh LZ:
Sheep rearing and fishing
CENTRAL: LIVELIHOOD ZONES

3. Outcome indicators
Dhusamareb IDP, Summary of Findings
Gu ‘10
Deyr’10/11,
Gu’11 (N=198)
Child Nutrition status
GAM (WHZ<-2 or oedema)
>34 .0 (Pr=0.90)
SAM (WHZ<-3 or oedema)
>6.2 (Pr=0.90)
Oedema
0.0
MUAC (<12.5 cm or oedema)
>21.3 (Pr.=0.90)
MUAC (<11.5 cm or oedema)
NO ASSESSMENT
>1.3 (Pr.=0.90)
Crude death Rate/10,000/day (90days)
1.85 ( )
Under 5 death Rate/10,000/day (90days)
6.57 ( )
HIS Nutrition Trends
N/A
TFPs/SFPs Admission trends
OVERALL NUTRITION SITUATION
Very Critical
Child Morbidity, Immunization, IYCF
Disease Oubreaks:
Morbidity based on 2wk recall
Morbidity –27.8
Immunization status/Vit. A -
Children eating from <4 fdgps
Children meeting min. feeding freq.
Public Health Indicators; Gender
Households (HH) accessing safe water
HH accessing sanitation facilities
Relation between GAM & child sex
Relation between GAM & sex of hh head
Food Security Phase
Proportion of hh consuming <4 fd gps
Overall Risk to Deterioration
Uncertain

4. Outcome indicators
Coastal Deeh Livelihood Zone (Central), Summary of Findings
Gu’10 (N=199 )
Deyr’10/11 (N=648)
Gu’11 (N=427)
Child Nutrition status
GAM (WHZ<-2 or oedema)
>10.8 (Pr=0.90)
N/A
SAM (WHZ<-3 or oedema)
>2.2 (Pr=0.90)
Oedema
0.0
1.4
MUAC (<12.5 cm or oedema)
6.5 ( )
12.3
16.9 ( )
MUAC (<11.5 cm or oedema)
2.5 ( )
3.0
5.4 ( )
HIS Nutrition Trends
<10% and stable
High and increasing
High proportion but decreasing
Crude death Rate/10,000/day (90days)
N/A N/A
Under 5 death Rate/10,000/day (90days)
OVERALL NUTRITION SITUATION
Serious
Critical
Very Critical
Child Morbidity, Immunization, IYCF
Disease Oubreaks:
Morbidity based on 2wk recall
No outbreak
Morbidity- 23.7
No Outbreak
Measles and AWD outbreak
Morbidity-27.6
Immunization status/Vit. A
Meascles ;86.4 ;Vit A:94.5
Households (HH) accessing safe water
Poor water and sanitation
HH accessing sanitation facilities
Relation between GAM & child sex
Relation between GAM & sex of hh head
Insignificant
Food Security Phase
Proportion of hh consuming <4 fd gps
AFLC
Poor diet, no milk available HE
Overall Risk to Deterioration
Stable
Deteriorating
Uncertain

5. Cowpea Central Livelihood Zone, Summary of Findings
Outcome indicators
Cowpea Central Livelihood Zone, Summary of Findings
Gu’10 (N=550)
Deyr’10 (N=467)
Gu’11 ( N=755)
Child Nutrition status
GAM (WHZ<-2 or oedema)
N/A
SAM (WHZ<-3 or oedema)
Oedema
1.2
MUAC (<12.5 cm or oedema)
11.3
14.3
12.5 ( )
MUAC (<11.5 cm or oedema)
2..3
3.0
4.9 ( )
HIS Nutrition Trends
High and decreasing trend s
High and Stable
OVERALL NUTRITION SITUATION
Critical
Child Morbidity, Immunization, IYCF
Disease Oubreaks:
Morbidity based on 2wk recall
No outbreak
AWD Outbreak
Morbidity- 13.6
Immunization status/Vit. A
Public Health Indicators; Gender
N=501
Households (HH) accessing safe water
Poor water and sanitation
HH accessing sanitation facilities
Limited
Relation between GAM & child sex
Relation between GAM & sex of hh head
Food Security Phase
Proportion of hh consuming <4 fd gps
HE/AFLC
Low milk consumption
Overall Risk to Deterioration
Stable
Deteriorating
Potential to Deteriorate

6. Key Driving & Mitigating Factors
Driving factors
Poor access to milk and dietray diversity
AWD/cholera outbreak in Galgadud and Mudug regions
High morbidity in Coastal, Hawd and Addun
Low access to safe water in Addun
Low coverage of health programmes <80 in Coastal deeh
Poor infrastructure in Coastal and Addun
IDPS
Poor shelters
High morbidity in Dusamareb IDPs.
Mitigating factors
Active social support e.g. in-kind or cash
CHD
Good coverage (>75%) of health programmes (polio and Vit A and Measles vaccination in some livelihoods/IDPs

8. NE/Central Nutrition Team:
End
NE/Central Nutrition Team:
Tom Oguta, Khalif Nouh, Abdikarim Ducale, Mohamed M. Hassan, Zainab Farah
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