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Title: | Coping with chronic complex emergencies: Bahr al-Ghazal, southern Sudan |
Author: | Thompson, B. |
Year: | 1999 |
Periodical: | Food, Nutrition and Agriculture |
Issue: | 25 |
Pages: | 27-33 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Sudan |
Subjects: | UN food aid famine |
Abstract: | In November 1998, the UN's Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS) requested an FAO mission to the Sudan to recommend emergency programming after the Bahr al-Ghazal famine. The FAO team analysed the situation and reviewed the appropriateness of the OLS emergency response. The team identified innovative approaches for OLS that would stabilize the humanitarian crisis and ensure that the most vulnerable groups could reestablish their livelihoods. Programmes focused on household food security, food and nutrition, water and sanitation and non-food relief items. Recommendations for cost-effective and practical improvements to the current operation were made with the aim of improving the appropriateness and quality of programme delivery, coverage and targeting to the most vulnerable groups. Special attention was given to community rehabilitation and preventive actions to mitigate and/or prevent future crises. The observations of the mission team are described in this paper. Some of the general findings and recommendations are relevant for the management of other post-acute emergency situations. Sum. in English, French and Spanish. |