SECTOR OVERVIEW
USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) is a leader in supporting emergency nutrition response in international humanitarian crises. USAID/OFDA-supported programs are community-based and aim to build awareness and capacity to prevent and treat malnutrition. In addition, USAID/OFDA-funded activities support the community management of acute malnutrition (CMAM), infant and young child feeding in emergencies (IYCF-E) programs, and improvement of emergency nutrition information collection and analysis to better inform response efforts. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2015, USAID/OFDA provided nearly $59.8 million to support nutrition activities, including support for global and regional nutrition initiatives and nutrition interventions in 19 countries.