Situation and Response Overview
During the second quarter of 2015, the nutrition situation remained above the emergency threshold (defined as global acute malnutrition greater than 15 per cent), with 80 per cent of counties in Greater Upper Nile, Warrap, and Northern Bahr el Ghazal at critical nutrition levels. Lakes, Western Bahr el Ghazal, and Eastern Equatoria were classified as serious, while Western Equatoria and Central Equatoria are acceptable and alert status respectively. There were slight improvements in Panyijiar (Unity), Akobo (Jonglei), and Longuchuk (Upper Nile) counties, which transitioned from very critical to critical.
During the first and second quarter, 74,748 children under the age of five with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) were treated in outpatient therapeutic programmes (OTPs) and Stabilization Centres (SCs), 52 per cent of the total annual revised caseload based on 85 per cent reporting. At the end of second quarter, 501 OTPs and 57 SCs were operational. Similarly, 153,335 children with moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) were admitted to Targeted Supplementary Feeding Programmes (TSFPs), 45% of the revised yearly target. A total 491 TSFP centres were operational at the end of second quarter. The performance indicators of both OTPs, SCs and TSFPs were within Sphere Standards.