Haiti - Emergency Nutrition Intervention - Doctors of the World Canada 2016

March 2016 – Haiti continues to make significant progress in recovering from the devastating earthquake of January 2010. However critical needs and acute vulnerabilities remain for 1.6 million who require humanitarian assistance in 2016. An estimated 3 million people are suffering from food insecurity including 2 million people experiencing severe food insecurity. Although the overall incidence of cholera has been reduced it remains one of the largest epidemics in the world. Life-saving activities remain necessary to cut the transmission of the disease and ensure that adequate care is provided to the most vulnerable of the affected population. Haiti also ranks as one of the countries with the highest exposure to natural disasters with an estimated 60% of the population vulnerable to natural hazards. With GAC’s support Doctors of the World Canada is contributing to prevent and treat severe acute malnutrition and moderate acute malnutrition in the Artibonite and North West Departments. Project activities include: (1) providing quality nutritional services and treatment for severe acute malnutrition through Nutritional Stabilization Units; (2) strengthening nutritional surveillance and referral networks; and (3) training of medical personnel and community health workers.

The expected immediate outcomes for this project include: (1) increased access to quality nutritional services and treatment for severe acute malnutrition; (2) reduced incidence of moderate and severe acute malnutrition; and (3) improved capacity of medical personnel and community health workers. The expected intermediate outcome is the reduced vulnerability of crisis-affected people especially women and children.