Assessment Working Group (AWG)

Background and way forward

Nutrition Cluster Meeting Kabul, 03/2014

Clémence Malet, Head of nutrition/health Department, ACF-Afghanistan

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2011: start of the AWG

AWG started with a nutrition cluster funded project

ACF lead Rationale of the project:

• The nutrition surveillance system needs to be reinforced

• Huge lack of nutritional data leads to difficulties in designing projects in order to design the most appropriate response.

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2011 AWG: Objectives

To provide support to humanitarian actors operating in nutrition field to conduct/administer nutrition assessment and surveys:• To create guidelines and tools to conduct rapid nutrition

assessment;• To share guidelines and tools to conduct anthropometric

nutrition survey;

To contribute in the analysis of the nutrition situation in Afghanistan:• To set up a nutrition surveillance system to allow follow

up of nutritional trends;• To collect nutrition survey/assessment reports for analysis

and capitalization purpose

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2011 AW Group achievements

Training on SMART and RNA• 4 partner NGOs (CHA, AADA, CAF, HN-TPO: 56 staffs), 15

MoPH personnel, 1 UNICEF, 29 staffs of various organizations

SMART and IYCF surveys conducted in 2011:• 8 surveys including 4 in partnership with NGO cited above• remote support from AWG to Oxfam Novib (4 provinces

drought affected) and AHDS/Cordaid (1 province)

Rapid Nutrition Assessment guideline drafted• Revision and update after field test with SMART survey in

2012

Training on Nutrition Sentinel Site: CHA, AADA, CAF, HN-TPO, WFP, SAF, Save the Children

and Oxfam. Pilot in 6 provinces (capitalisation?) 43/03/2014

Re-activation of the AWG: 2014Linkages with nutrition cluster

Surveillance: SMART/RNA Prioritization: where monitoring of the situation is

crucial? Provinces, districts? Based on the context: methodo?

• SMART as much as possible to be the 1st choice• RNA: can this be an option if not validated yet (can feed

validation process)? Support PND on the process. Seasonality: planning?

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Inputs from cluster: Priority/methodo/timing Mapping of existing capacity/plans for each context/method Gap analysis and solution to alleviate these gaps: partnership, remote support, …

Re-activation of the AWG: 2014Linkages with nutrition cluster

Effectiveness of interventions: SLEAC/SQUEAC?Identify barriers to access and define:

Link with funding limiting capacity? Costing?Link with other factor which can be addressed with

different approaches?

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Inputs from cluster:Will to push forward for access and coverage evaluation? Prioritization?Mapping of existing capacity/plans (IMAM)Methodo implemented for community mobilization Gap analysis and solution to alleviate these gaps: partnership, remote support, …

Re-activation of the AWG: 2014Linkages with nutrition cluster

Articulation with National Nutrition Monitoring and Surveillance System (NNMSS)

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Inputs from cluster:Ensure information sharing/complement

AWG meeting on 18/03/2014…be ready

Thanks