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Progress Update on WFP and UNICEF Joint Action Plan for Nutrition in South Sudan (Aug 2014)

The August 2014 update outlines the progress of the WFP and UNICEF Joint Action Plan in Juba, South Sudan. It highlights strategies aimed at optimizing nutrition services, expanding operational partnerships, and improving community outreach. Key achievements include the identification of nutritionists, commencement of training programs, and workshops to strengthen supply chain management. Significant outreach has been made for children suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and moderate acute malnutrition (MAM). Continued collaboration and capacity building are essential to address existing gaps in high-priority counties.

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Progress Update on WFP and UNICEF Joint Action Plan for Nutrition in South Sudan (Aug 2014)

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  1. WFP and UNICEF Joint Action PlanProgress update 1 August 2014 Juba World Food Programme

  2. Some updates of June meeting * Updates made to Nutrition Cluster during cluster meetings from the start of the process in late June 2014

  3. Strategy 1: Optimize nutrition services with existing partners

  4. Strategy 2: Expand Operational Partnership

  5. Strategy 3: Improve Community Outreach and Screening/Referrals

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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)

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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 .

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