Concern Worldwide has been supporting the Ministry of Health (MoH) in the improvement of health and survival of children under five and pregnant and lactating women through support to health and nutrition systems to scale up high impact nutrition interventions1 (HINIs) in Moyale and North Horr Sub-counties. World Vision supports improving food and nutrition security and enhancing resilience to drought in Laisamis sub-county while Food for the Hungry-Kenya supports Saku sub-counties.
The survey findings indicated a GAM prevalence rate of 16.9% (14.5 – 19.7 95% C.I.), while the prevalence for severe malnutrition was 2.9 % (2.1 – 4.0 95% C.I.). This is generally classified as an emergency by the WHO classification of malnutrition. The findings also showed the prevalence of underweight at 27.7 % (24.8-30.8 95% C.I.) where 6.7 % (5.4 – 8.2 95% C.I.) were severely underweight. In terms of stunting prevalence, the survey findings indicated that 26.9 % (24.0 – 30.1 95% C.I.) of children in Marsabit County were stunted as where 6.6 % (5.2 – 8.4 95% C.I.) of the children were severely stunted.
