Somalia Nutrition Cluster

SOMALIA NUTRITION CLUSTER

G alk ay o Nut ri t i o n Sub - na t i o na l C l u s t e r M e e t i ng M i nut e s

28th May , 2015, 09:00am, Galmudug MoH meeting Hall, Galkayo, Somalia

1: Welcome, Introductions and registration - (5 minutes) all partners

Meeting was chaired by Ahmed and Omar who have thanked the participants for their punctual participation, invited them to introduce themselves, and proceeded with the next agendas.

2: Review last cluster meeting minutes (5 min) cluster focal point

The cluster focal point has reviewed the last cluster meeting minutes for refreshment.

3: Review last cluster meeting action points(5 min) all partners

The focal person has reviewed the last meeting minutes, and updates of the last meeting action points were endorsed.

4: Nutrition programme updates

General updates

On the 18th of May, Mudug, Hiiraan and Galguduud nutrition partners have attended a rationalization plan meeting in Nairobi. In Mudug, the partners have agreed to select primary partners for each district in Mudug.

Cesvi has been selected to be the primary partner for Galkayo, while IMC is the secondary partner and SAF-UK/FERO/SDRO will be third partners.

Mercy USA will be primary partner for Hobyo district, while DEH will be secondary partner and SDRO the third partner.

SAF-UK will be primary partner for Jariban district and SDRO will be the secondary partner.

DEH will be the primary partner for Xarardheere while SRC will be the secondary and RAWA will be the third.

UNOCHA has shared the request of Gap analysis in south Mudug rural areas to UNICEF and UNICEF with the help of the partners will plan together on how best to conduct this gap analysis.

Cesvi

Since the last coordination meeting, Cesvi has admitted 157 new SAM cases in the 25 villages in which BNSP programs are running and also curatively discharged 114 recovered children. Due to increase in number of diarrhoea cases in our operational sites, we have requested zinc sulphate from UNICEF and on the 26th of May, we have received 10 boxes of zinc sulphate.

Nutrition Cluster Coordination Tel: +252907708040 Cesvi, Galkayo, Somalia http://www.unocha.org/somalia/coordination/clusters/nutrition For more information, contact Ahmed Dahir AliGalmudug Nutrition Sub-national Cluster Focal Point, [email protected] Jama Co-chair- [email protected]

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IMC

IMC activities are going normally according to plan. in the month of May, IMC has admitted 107 SAM children with complications in the main Galkayo hospital.

Children who are cured and discharged from the SC centre are 85.

Also in the OTP department, 72 SAM cases are admitted and 39 discharged as cured.

SDRO

SDRO is running health and nutrition projects in Hobyo and Galkayo districts, nutrition activities consist of TSFP,OTP and MCHN programs which are going smoothly as planned and most of services offering are satisfied by community

GALKAYO DISTRICT

 OTP. OTPs targeting severely malnourished children from 6 month to 59 months, regarding services providing is adequately covered the needs of the community and supplied the supplies as requests and from last cluster meeting SDRO OTP programme the new admission cases 11, in the Galkayo and Bandiiradley villages, the discharge of the child 31   TSFP. This programme targets moderate malnutrition both mothers and children, supported by WFP and from last cluster meeting SDRO TSFP programme old cases was the child 2,771 while PLW 344, in the 13 villages and Galkayo IDPS, the discharge of the child 644 and PLW 133, New admission for may the child 650 while PLW 121

 MCHN. MCH nutrition is going as per planned and all beneficiaries received their nutritional components and number deliveries turn out high number due to services providing and from last cluster meeting SDRO MCHN programme the new admission for may the child was 360 while PLW 123, in the Galkayo IDPS, the discharge of the child was 314 and PLW 111,

HOBYO DISTRICT

SDRO EPHS is secondary partner according area coverage and SDRO running 11 facilities and it is very important to fill each partner 4Ws

 EPHSS. 5 MCH, 5 HP in Hobyo district  OTP: New Admission cases 13 while discharge 0  TSFP: New Admission cases 673 while discharge is 348

Mercy USA

For OTP, Mercy USA has admitted 229 SAM children and discharged 204 and for TSFP, 684 MAM children and 174 PLW were admitted in to the program.

The number of beneficiaries discharged from TSFP is 842 children and 187 PLWs.

The rest of activities are going normally according to plan. Nutrition Cluster Coordination Tel: +252907708040 Cesvi, Galkayo, Somalia http://www.unocha.org/somalia/coordination/clusters/nutrition For more information, contact Ahmed Dahir AliGalmudug Nutrition Sub-national Cluster Focal Point, [email protected] Jama Co-chair- [email protected]

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RAWA

Currently RAWA is operating in 9 villages, implementing food-for-work activities. The total target number of beneficiaries is 3000.

The activities conducted now include expanding and repairing public transportation roads, digging water catchment and building Berkeds.

5: Supply updates (5 min) all partners

Due to harmonization of supply request, all nutrition cluster partners are encouraged to prepare and submit Quarter 3 supply request on 21st of June to UNICEF.

9: Any Other Business (5 minutes) all partners

-The nutrition situation is likely to be deteriorated in Galkayo IDPs due to the fact of coincidence of two things:

First, the price of daily food will be inflated in Summer time, which starts from July to September, as Somalis call the Black Hagaa(summer). This is due to southwest oceanic wind storms which make the marine food transportation in Indian Ocean and Red sea unfavourable.

Second, Ramadan month is going to start within June and obviously the food price rises up and willingness to earn and bread-win by the IDP Household head is diminished due to reduced energy.

Summary of Action points

Action point Responsible Timeline Status/ Remarks

UN-OCHA to consult with Gulled Isse 20th May Done UNICEF team in Galkayo The second step would on possibility of be logistics planning conducting the gap and way forward analysis in rural areas as previously done in Galkayo IDPs with UNHCR

SDRO to send PPN Mohamed Hared 20th May Done loan/donation request to SDRO has sent IMC donation request to IMC for 50 cartons of PPN; we are awaiting

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IMC response.

Mercy USA to give Ibraahim and Nadhra 20th May Done feedback to the cluster After conducting on the whereabouts of verification effort, whooping cough/Pertusis mercy USA has come in Hobyo areas to the conclusion that suspected Pertusis cases were nonexistent

Participants

# Name Agency Email address 1. Ahmed Dahir Ali Cesvi nutritionsomalia@cesvioverse as.org 2. Omar Abdi Mohamed MoH [email protected]

3. Suleiman Hussein Said CESVI [email protected]

4 Mohamed Mohamud SAF-UK [email protected] m 5. Ibrahim Maalim Abdikarin Mercy usa [email protected]

6. Mohamed Hassan Ali SDRO [email protected]

7 Mohamed Hared SDRO [email protected]

8 Hassan Hussein Mohamed IMC hmohamed@internationalmedi calcorps.org