: Overview of Food Security and Nutrition Situation (May 2017)

FOOD SECURITY NUTRITION Although the 2016/17 crop year shows an increase in 4 million 438,101 Trends in overall acute malnutrition show a slight cereal production (up by 17% compared with Food insecure people in Chad expected cases of malnutrition improvement in nutritional status in several regions 2015/16), resulting in a decrease in the number of compared to 2015. However, the situation remains people that are severely food insecure, they do not 897,000 people 237,807 200,294 worrying in the Sahelian belt as well as in pockets of have the means to cope during the lean season severely food insecure case of MAM cases of SAM nutritional emergencies across the country. Chronic (June-August). According to the March 2017 which is malnutrition remains a health problem in virtually all Harmonized Framework (HF) projections, 897,000 28% regions of the country, although the trend is downward. people are expected to be severely food insecure The rest of the total Implementation of a humanitarian response to acute during the lean season, to which are added 495,000 of Chad population are food 54% 46% malnutrition is a priority in 16 regions, including refugees and returnees living in the east, south, and insecure are MAM are SAM refugee camps, IDP sites, and returnee areas where west of the country. Altogether, nearly 4 million the GAM and/or SAM rates are often above or equal to people will be food insecure. The most affected Source: Harmonized Framework (March 2017), the emergency threshold (GAM = 15% and SAM = Projected period (June-August 2017) Source: SMART (October 2016) areas are in the Sahelian belt, where 98 percent of 2%). As the causes of malnutrition are multisectoral, the people affected by severe food insecurity in Chad the fight against acute malnutrition must be carried out through a series of interventions on nutrition, health, are located. Humanitarian actors will give priority to Food Insecurity - Projected Period (June-August 2017) Rate of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) providing emergency food assistance to people in Source: Harmonized Framework (March 2016 and March 2017) Source: SMART (October 2016) education, and water, hygiene and sanitation. severe food insecurity and to strengthening the Not analysed 0,0.22% - -0.9% 0,9% Minimal 1%1 - - 1 1.9%,9% livelihoods of vulnerable households. LIBYA Under pressure LIBYA >=2%>= 2% Rates of Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) and Crisis Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) (2014 - 2016) Food Insecure People (2015 - 2017) Emergency Famine Source: Nutrition Cluster (October 2016) Source: Harmonized framework, phases 2 and above, projected period + Improvement Emergency Threshold ! Deterioration TIBESTI TIBESTI 15% 5M GAM=15% 12% GAM

9% NIGER 4M OUEST ENNEDI OUEST 6% ENNEDI EST ENNEDI EST SAM 3% Emergency Threshold BORKOU SAM=2% 0% 3M 2014 2015 2016 Sep. 2015 June 2016 July 2017

WADI FIRA KANEM % of the population in severe food insecurity + Rates of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) (HF - March 2017, phase 3-5, projected period) BATHA by region (%) by region BARH-EL-GAZEL + BARH-EL-GAZEL SUDAN Source: SMART (October 2016) SUDAN LAC Ouaddai 23 ! Emergency Threshold OUADDAÏ OUADDAÏ Lac 23 Ennedi Ouest 5 Wadi Fira 23 HADJER-LAMIS HADJER-LAMIS Batha 4,3 SILA SILA Kanem 22 NIGERIA NIGERIA Guéra 3,7 GUÉRA GUÉRA Barh-El-Gazel 21 CHARI-BAGUIRMI CHARI-BAGUIRMI Ouaddaï 3,6 + MAYO- MAYO- 18 SALAMAT Sila KEBBI KEBBI Borkou 2,9 EST + EST Batha 13 Kanem 2,7 MAYO- TANDJILÉ MOYEN-CHARI TANDJILÉ MOYEN-CHARI 9 MAYO- Guera KEBBI KEBBI Chari-Baguirmi 2,6 OUEST + OUEST

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! OCCIDENTAL OCCIDENTAL ! 1 ! Tandjile LOGONE ORIENTAL Barh-El-Gazel 2,3 + 1 CAMEROON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CAMEROON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Moyen-Chari Lac 2,1 1 Salamat Mayo-Kebbi Ouest 2

The boundaries and names shown and the designations employed on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Date: 29 May 2017 Sources: Gov. of Chad, UNICEF, WFP, FAO, Harmonized Framework, SMART Comments: [email protected] www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/chad www.reliefweb.int