UNICEF and WFP Joint Nutrition Response Plan
South Sudan, June 2015 — May 2016
Highlights
As the two United Nations agencies mandated to addressing nutrition in emergencies, the UNICEF and the World Food Programme have considerable technical and deep field experience in treating and preventing acute malnutrition and responding to the nutrition needs of vulnerable populations. Treatment and prevention of malnutrition in emergencies are key interventions and are part of a comprehensive approach to save lives, particularly in very complex emergencies. In July 2014, our agencies formally agreed to pool our comparative advantages and collective resources to respond to the nutrition emergency in South Sudan brought on by the December 2013 crisis.
The resulting WFP & UNICEF Nutrition Scale Up Plan—South Sudan (July 2014) outlined clear and actionable targets, strategies and activities to which each agency committed. While our achievements over the past year have contributed to expanding the coverage of an integrated nutrition response, challenges remain in achieving the quality of programming required to reduce the burden of acute malnutrition within the context of South Sudan.
This document is a product of multi stakeholder consultations and an internal review of the achievements, challenges and lessons learnt from the previous scale up plan. It builds on the gains made and addresses key challenges not only programmatically, but also in the joint partnership between our two agencies.
