LCRDYE

Food Security Technical Secretariat – Snapshot, Issue NO: 8, Creation date: 28 July 2018

Health

Nutrition

The humanitarian implications of an Al Hudaydah City conflict, inhabited by an estimated (600,000) people, would be enormous. In this case , UNICEF nutrition program are serving 23 priority districts in Al Hudaydah including 12 districts within the conflict lines, benefitting more than (50,000) children with Severe Acute Malnutrition.

• 33,000 cartons of Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) are available in the UNICEF warehouse in Al Hudaydah.

• 730 MT super cereal is being prepositioned and will to be added to the first food basket as a preventive measure for acute malnutrition in children and pregnant and lactating women for up to (73,000) IDPs

• High energy biscuits and date bars have been added to the immediate response ration.

• 90 MT of nutrition commodities used for the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition in children under five and pregnant and lactating women, have been distributed to health facilities, to compliment the currently available stock1 .

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