3. FOOD AND NUTRITION
3.0 Introduction
Food and Nutrition provision has been considered to be one of the key components to save lives and reduce human suffering in emergencies. Depending on scale and magnitude of such disaster, affected population may suffer hunger and malnutrition increasing the risk of diseases and deaths.
3.1 Sectoral Objective
To reduce human suffering and risks of deaths during emergency situations through the provision of adequate and quality food that meets their daily nutritional requirements.
3.2 Operational Objectives
- To ensure the availability of food items that meets the daily food intake of affected population during emergencies.
- To ensure that, the affected populations are well fed with cognisance to special needs for children, PLWHAs etc.
- To reduce the risk of sickness and diseases such as marasmus, kwashiokor, beri-beri etc.
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Sector Name: FOOD AND NUTRITION
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Strategies
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Requirements
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Currently Available/Deployed Activity
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Operational Constraint and Gaps
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ACTORS
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Emergency Preparedness
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- Planning/Coordination Meetings
- Meeting with Stakeholders
- Monitor emergency triggers
- Identify sources and Survey of prices of food items (Pre-position food supply)
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- MoUs with food suppliers
- Transportation of food items to the affected areas
- Identify and source for storage structures
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- Inadequate funding
- Inadequate nutrition assessment kits
- Inadequate technical skills on nutrition assessment and food utilization
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NEMA, SEMA, LEMA and other stakeholders
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Minimum Response
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- Sectoral coordination
- Situational analysis – nutrition assessment
- Provision of wet ration to beneficiaries
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- Mobilization of food items to affected areas
- Classification of food needs for the different groups, e.g. children, PLWHA, pregnant women
- Distribution of food items to affected population
- Monitoring food distribution to affected population
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- Impatience on part of the affected population
- Some of the food items may expire or go bad and become unfit for consumption
- High cost of food materials due to scarcity in the affected areas.
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NEMA, SEMA, LEMA, Nigerian Civil Defence,
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Comprehensive Response
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- Distribution completed
- Nutrition Education
- Nutritional Impact Assessment
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- Inventory of food items
- Distribution of food items
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- Delayed evacuation of affected persons from the area.
- Extension of camp period
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NEMA, SEMA, LEMA and other stakeholders.
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Table 8: Food and Nutrition