Nutritional surveillance
Food shortages are a recurrent risk to the health of the population in areas of insecurity, or those prone to seasonal drought and flooding. The limited purchasing power of large groups of minimum-income families and those who have been internally displaced, further contributes to food shortages, which in turn leads to malnutrition in vulnerable groups. UNICEF works in collaboration with partners, especially the Food Security Assessment Unit (FSAU) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with which it jointly leads the Somalia Aid Coordination Body (SACB) Nutrition Working Group. UNICEF also collaborates with other United Nations agencies, non-governmental actors and local authorities in using surveys to systematically monitor the nutritional status of children and women.
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