Annual Country Report 2018: Mali. Country Strategic Plan 2018-2019

Annual Country Report 2018: Mali. Country Strategic Plan 2018-2019

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme, 2018.

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80 p.

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WFP’s interventions in Mali centred on responding to crises, strengthening the resilience of communities, households and individuals, and addressing the root causes of food and nutrition insecurity, contributing to the achievement of SDG 2 and 17. WFP reached over 1.3 million persons in 2018, 57 percent of whom were women and 43 percent men. WFP scaled up to reach almost 700,000 persons with cash and food-based assistance throughout 2018, representing 98 percent of the plan. In conjunction with food assistance, WFP reached 108 percent of targeted populations through its prevention of acute malnutrition programme. The increasing use of cash-based transfers enabled increased agility and flexibility in addressing rising needs, with almost 75 percent of emergency food assistance in 2018 provided through this modality. In 2018, WFP consolidated an ensemble of activities under an integrated approach to strengthening resilience. This included the school feeding programme which reached 92 percent of planned schoolchildren, a marked increase from 2017. Nutrition-specific activities were implemented in the same communities, and 187,000 children aged 6-59 months and pregnant and lactating women and girls (PLW/G) were treated for moderate acute malnutrition, while 18,000 children aged 6-23 months and PLW/G benefitted from activities to prevent chronic malnutrition. Food assistance-for-assets activities reached over 162,000 persons, strengthening resilience at the community level. Nutrition-sensitive interventions were woven through all resilience building activities, including behaviour change communication to highlight the advantages of diversifying the food basket for improved nutrition.

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