Provision of Nutrition Supplies for Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Ibb, Abyan, Al Jawf, Taiz, Raymah and Lahj to support Multisectoral Response - Pillar 3 ltpgtltspan style="color: black font-family:"gtMalnutrition in Yemennbsphas worsened due to contributing
factors such as the increase in diarrhea cases due to the current rainy season
and the increased risk of measles as a result of vaccine hesitancy. The risk of
mortality among children at risk of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is 11 times
higher than among children without SAM. UNICEF, as the sole provider of supplies
for critical treatment supplies such as Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), receives considerable support from other donors and continues to advocate for
its needs however, there is currently a shortfall in the supplies required to
meet expected requirements for the treatment of SAM. This shortage is primarily
comprised of 168,000 cartoons of RUTF, which is critical to preventing the
death of children under the age of five who are affected by SAM, as well as 983
boxes of F100, an essential therapeutic milk to help patients transition back
to normal eating habits.nbsplt/spangtltspan style="text-align: justify"gtTo address the issue, UNICEF, through this project, will ensure
the availability of essential nutrition supplies required to provide
life-saving treatment services for boys and girls under five years old with
SAM, with or without complications, by procuring and distributing nutrition supplies for GHOs, DHOs andnbspYHF partners in the ten targeted
districts in the six governorates of Ibb, Abyan, Al Jawf, Taiz, Raymah and Lahj,nbspclassified as
categories 3, 4, or 5, under the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification-
Acute Malnutrition (IPC-AMN), which are experiencing or at risk of acute
malnutrition and require urgent interventions. UNICEFnbspaims to procure and
distribute lifesaving nutrition supplies necessary for GHOs, DHOs and YHF partnersnbspto reach a total of 31,500 children under five with SAM, out
of which are 2,912 children under five suffering from SAM with complications.
The procurement of critical nutrition supplies, including RUTF, will be
initiated by UNICEF through its existing procurement system. These supplies
will be shipped via sea to Hodeida and stored in UNICEF warehouses in Hodeida
for distribution to the 192 Outpatient Therapeutic Programme (OTPs), 15 mobile
teams (MTs) and 5 Therapeutic Feeding Centers (TFCs) in the target districts
that are managed by MoPHP or by the other implementing partners (local, and
international NGOs).lt/spangtlt/pgt

ltp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"gtltspan style="font-family:"gtIt is to be noted that all health facilities (HFs) in Yemen are
managed by the government, while NGOs and UNICEF only support by providing
supervision cost, transportation, supplies, and, in some cases, operational
costs. UNICEF will procure the necessary supplies to implement the project, and
these supplies will be available to implementing partners such as the Ministry
of Public Health and Population (MoPHP), its Governorate Health Offices (GHOs),
local, and international NGOs. lt/spangtlt/pgt





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