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Lebanon

Coordination mechanism: Sector
Year of activation: 2020
Coordination arrangement: National level: Lead UNICEF, co-lead: ACF

Country Key Contacts

Amirhossein Yarparvar

Health & Nutrition Specialist ayarparvar@unicef.org

Mira El Mokdad

Sector Co-Coordinator mmokdad@lb.acfspain.org

Christelle Bercachy

Nutrition Knowledge & Information Management Consultant cbercachy@unicef.org

End-year report 2023

January to December 2023

Lebanon Emergency Response Plan 2022-2023
Current Challenges

1-Weak Governance and leadership for Nutrition due to political fragmentation.

2- Heavily compromised maternal, Infant and Young Child Feeding Enviroment. Unsolicited donations and use of infant formula and commercial complementary food is on the rise.

3- Operational access constraints in selected insecure locations limiting provision of nutrition services at scale.

4- Constrained human resource for health, limiting the integration of nutrition services in primary health care package.

5-Lack of resources: more resources to be allocated too Nutrition sector 

6-Complexity between 2 response plan which creates difficulty in response between Lebanon crisis response plan and emergency response plan 

 

 

Advocacy, Intersectoral Collaboration and Preparedness
Advocacy Survey
Country Advocacy Strategy developedYes
Link to document 
Advocacy activities included in annual work planNo
Specific WG leading advocacy work establishedNo
Preparedness
Contingency plan or ERP plan developed/updatedYes
Link to document 
Intersectoral Collaboration (ISC)
Intersectoral projects currently under implementationNo
Clusters engaged
Lebanon Crisis Response Plan 2023

The nutrition sector has recently been established as a stand alone sector under the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan 2023.

Key Figures

(million)

Funding

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Number of SAM under-five children in need
(million)
Number of MAM under-five children in need
(million)
Number of children 6-59 months in need of Micronutrient Powder Supplementation
(million)
Number of children 6-59 months in need of Vitamin A Supplementation
(million)
Number of PLW counselled (one-on-one) on IYCF
(million)
Number of moderately acutely malnourished PLW in need
(million)
Number of PW in need of iron/folate supplementation
(million)

Nutrition Sector Partners

Total Partners

0
UN agencies
0
INGOs
0
Observers
0
Authorities
0
Donors

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