Concern Worldwide is an international, non-governmental, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering of vulnerable people. Concern Worldwide is implementing a project titled “Integrated Multi-Sector Support to Nutrition at Risk Communities in Sindh, Pakistan”. The principal objective of the project is to improve resilience of the drought affected population in Sindh province, with a special emphasis on immediate humanitarian needs of drought affected communities.
In the recent past, district Umerkot is afflicted with drought. The drought situation in the district has affected the nutritional status of Under Five Children. The GAM rate in district Umerkot is above the provincial average and above the global emergency threshold of 15%. In order to verify the malnutrition situation, its associated factors and to design an intervention that contributes in saving lives of children and women from malnutrition, Concern Worldwide has conducted SMART nutrition survey with the collaboration of District Health Department, Umerkot and Provincial Nutrition Cell, Sindh.
Under this exercise, a sample of 415 household was surveyed to assess the nutritional status of Under Five Children and Pregnant & Lactating Women (PLW). Data about Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices (IYCF) and Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) related dimensions was collected as well. A total of 434 children of 6-59 months and 179 PLW were assessed for their nutritional status by anthropometric measurements.
