Key Figures

People in need
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PiN Blanco
1,137,536
In destination 588,494
Host Communities 174,142
Col. Returnees 141,080
Pendular 233,820
*In transit 36,213
10 Dec 2020
Target population
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Target Blanco
272,927
In destination 200,065
Host Communities 33,482
Col. Returnees 20,326
Pendular 19,054
*In transit 3,090
10 Dec 2020
Financial Requirements
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Requerimientos financieros
$12.18M
10 Dec 2020
Appealing partners
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partners
13
10 Dec 2020

What is the Nutrition Sector?

Priority Needs

The nutrition situation of refugee and migrant children remains an issue of concern, particularly acute malnutrition, as shown by nutritional screenings of refugee and migrant children under the age of five in 2019-2020 in Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru. This situation has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis and will most likely continue in the years to come: an increase in malnutrition cases may be expected in 2021 as a result of the pandemic, mainly due to the deterioration of the level of food security among refugees and migrants and limited access to health and nutrition services.

Response Strategy

Scope of the sector response: Addressing the needs of the most nutritionally vulnerable, particularly children (under the age of five and under the age of two) and pregnant and lactating women will be at the core of the nutrition response in the region.

Response priorities: At regional level, the main response priorities are:

1.         Provision of technical support and guidance to National and Sub-regional Platforms in the implementation, monitoring and reporting of response activities at the country level;

2.        Capacity development of National and Subregional Platforms in key sectoral topics;

3.        Facilitation of knowledge sharing and exchange of countries’ experiences, lessons learnt and best practices.

At the country level, main priorities are:

  • Prevention of malnutrition in vulnerable groups, through infant and young child feeding counseling, targeting caregivers of children aged 6-23 months (focusing on appropriate breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices); micronutrient supplementation for children under the age of five, to fortify foods that are not sufficiently nutritionally diversified; and promotion of an adequate diet in pregnant and lactating women and provision of micronutrient supplementation (iron and folic acid).
  • Identification and treatment of acute malnutrition, through screening refugee and migrant children under the age of five to monitor their nutritional status and identify cases of acute malnutrition, and refer identified cases to adequate treatment and follow-up until nutritional recovery.

Adapting activities to the COVID-19 context according to global guidelines will be key to avoid contamination risks.

Integrated response approaches

Coordination with the Health Sector will help to ensure access to essential nutrition services; coordination with the Food Security Sector will ensure that specific nutrition needs of vulnerable groups are taken into account in food assistance; and coordination with the WASH Sector will guarantee quality drinking water, basic sanitation and promote food hygiene practices.

Response modalities

The Nutrition Sector will mainly work through three modalities: 1) support to strengthen local nutrition services and capacities of community-based actors, health actors, R4V partners and local entities; 2) provision of supplies for the prevention and treatment of malnutrition (including micronutrient powders, micronutrient supplements, and ready-to-use therapeutic food); and 3) social and behavior change communication/awareness-raising to promote healthy dietary practices & diets, including feeding of children under the age of two, using local foods.

Documents

Reporte/Informe
SITREP Septiembre 2021 - Cono Sur
SITREP Septiembre 2021 - Cono Sur

Resumen de las actividades implementadas por los socios R4V en el Cono Sur para el mes de Septiembre de 2021

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8
Publicado:
01 November 2021
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5Ws COVID-19 Informes de situación cono sur Argentina Bolivia Paraguay Uruguay
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Eval necesidades piloto NdS
GIFMM Colombia: Evaluación Conjunta de Necesidades - Piloto en Norte de Santander | 2021

Este informe hace referencia al piloto del levantamiento de información presencial realizado por el Grupo Interagencial sobre Flujos Migratorios Mixtos (GIFMM) en asentamientos informales ubicados en los municipios de Cúcuta y Los Patios, en el departamento de Norte de Santander. Las encuestas fueron llevadas a cabo entre el 1 y el 3 de diciembre de 2020 a la población refugiada y migrante que vive en los asentamientos de Valle de la Vega y Alto Viento, y tuvo como objetivo caracterizar a la población que ha llegado a estos lugares, y conocer sus necesidades principales, todo bajo el contexto de la emergencia sanitaria por COVID-19.

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46
Publicado:
21 October 2021
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Informes de situación Refugiados y Migrantes
Reporte/Informe
GIFMM Colombia: Evaluación Conjunta de Necesidades | Junio 2021
GIFMM Colombia: Evaluación Conjunta de Necesidades | Junio 2021

Este informe hace referencia a la quinta ronda de evaluación conjunta de necesidades del Grupo Interagencial sobre Flujos Migratorios Mixtos (GIFMM), realizada bajo el contexto del COVID-19 en Colombia durante junio de 2021, en el cual se dan a conocer los resultados y la metodología utilizada. La quinta ronda buscó conocer: i) cuáles son los niveles de acceso y disponibilidad a bienes y servicios básicos de parte de los hogares y sus problemas para acceder a ellos, ii) cómo han evolucionado las condiciones de vida y iii) cuáles son las prioridades de la población, con miras a establecer una línea base que informe la respuesta de cara al 2022.  

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269
Publicado:
11 October 2021
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Evaluación COVID-19
Report
Cover Mid-Year Report RMRP 2021
RMRP 2021 Mid-Year Report

Report on progress made by R4V partners from January to June implementing the RMRP 2021, including people reached per sector and national and sub-regional platform, as well as areas of critical under-funding affecting the response for refugees and migrants from Venezuela. 

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358
Publicado:
11 October 2021
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Assessment COVID-19 Data & Statistics Funding Situation Reports Response Plan RMRP RMRP 2021 Mid year r4v
Press Release
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Joint Statement - Nutrition Sector

Nutrition sector partners of the R4V platform call to protect, promote and support breastfeeding and avoid donations and distribution of breast milk substitutes, including infant formulas, follow-up formulas, and powdered milk, and feeding bottles.

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11
Publicado:
20 September 2021
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COVID-19 nutrition join IYCF nutricion ALNP Nutricion declaración
Meeting minutes
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Q&A- Ensuring adequate nutrition in refugee and migrant children and women: What does it take?

On May 25, 2021, it was held on the High-Level Event: Ensuring adequate nutrition in refugee and migrant children and women: What does it take?. To  highlight the nutrition risks faced by vulnerable groups in the Venezuela migration crisis, present key response actions taken by R4V Nutrition partners to prevent and treat malnutrition and collect different perspectives from host and donor governments, and humanitarian actors on the key elements needed to ensure adequate nutrition in refugee and migrant children and women. During the session, the participants asked questions, which the panelists answered after the session; in this document you can find the questions and answers from the session.

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2
Publicado:
20 September 2021
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Meeting documents nutricioni Nutricion
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Sector Contacts

Yvette Fautsch

UNICEF

[email protected]