NUTRITION
Building communities where every child and woman have dignified access to nutritious food.
People in need of nutrition assistance
severely acute malnourished children require inpatient and outpatient treatment
pregnant and lactating women need nutrition support
KEY FACTS
An estimated 365,076 people in north-west Syria are in need of nutrition assistance with the most urgent humanitarian needs. This includes: 114,901 children aged 6-59 months and pregnant and lactating women (PLWs) require malnutrition prevention supplies, 99,034 PLWs need nutrition support, 42,851 children and PLWs are moderately acute malnourished, 40,744 adolescent girls are in need of nutritional support, 9,398 severely acute malnourished children require inpatient and outpatient treatment. HNO 2023
Nutrition Strategic Objectives
- Enhance the effectiveness and inclusiveness of integrated nutrition services for vulnerable populations, with a focus on mitigating malnutrition.
- Strengthen the availability and accessibility of comprehensive nutritional care, including early detection, referral, and treatment of moderate and severe wasting in children under five, pregnant women, and lactating mothers.
- Foster complementary interventions across related clusters to optimize the quality and reach of integrated malnutrition prevention and nutrition services, specifically targeting the most vulnerable groups.
- Facilitate equitable and high-quality curative nutrition services by employing suitable modalities, ensuring that children under five, pregnant women, and lactating mothers have equal access to early identification, referral, and treatment for moderate and severe wasting.
BINAA Nutrition PROGRAM
BINAA’s Nutrition program aims to strengthen preventive nutrition services for vulnerable population groups, focusing on infant and child emergency needs, micronutrient interventions and optimal maternal nutrition; improve equitable access to therapeutic nutrition services via the systematic identification, referral, and treatment of acutely malnourished children under five years (Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF); establish coordinated and integrated nutrition programs across relevant sectors through joint programming; and strengthen targeted and evidence-based systems to inform need-based programming.
