SARPV is working in Rohingya camps with an objective to provide nutritional support to children with severe acute malnutrition, adolescents, pregnant and lactating women. SARPV is always trying to achieve 100% nutritional coverage with the best possible effort. Eid-ul-Fitr is considered the largest religious festival in Bangladesh which was observed during the first week of June. People observed the first ten days of June as Eid vacation. Before the Eid vacation has begun, SARPV provided double amount of RUTF to the beneficiaries, so that there won’t be any shortage of RUTF during Eid vacation. In addition an emergency nutrition team was formed to avoid any kinds of difficulties in OTP during this tenure.
Achievements
The monsoon season was started on 15th June. There was not so much heavy rainfall throughout the month but it was drizzling most of the times. According to the ISCG, in June there were approximately 130 weather-related incidents including wind storms and landslides which affected the camps. SARPV had done emergency planning to prevent any circumstances. During this reporting period, 22376 children aged under five years and 5608 children aged over five years were screened for SAM (Severe Acute Malnutrition) among which male and female ratio was 44.8 and 55.2 who were referred to SARPV SAM treatment centers (OTP) for treatment. Two of them were identified as SAM with medical complications and referred to Stabilization Centers (SC) for in-patient care. In June, 337 under-five and 48 over five SAM affected children were cured. Moreover, 854 children were also identified who were suffering from Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) and among them 363 identified MAM patients were referred to TSFP for treatment and 6 SAM affected children were transferred in from TSFP. During this period, the defaulter rate was 1%.
