ESSENTIAL NEEDS AND NUTRITION ANALYSIS - NORTHWEST NIGERIA - (ZAMFARA, SOKOTO, KATSINA)

Abstract

The Essential Needs and Nutrition Assessment aims to generate baseline information on essential needs in these three states – with an in-depth focus on food security and nutrition for both internally displaced populations (IDPs) and the general population of the northwest through the following specific objectives: 1) Provide a comparative analysis of demographic, geographic and socio-economic characteristics of food insecure households – including both general population and internally displaced; 2) Provide baseline information on the food security and other vulnerability indicators related to unmet essential needs of the conflict-affected population in northwest Nigeria; 3) Establish the nutrition situation for IDPs and determine factors influencing malnutrition; 4) Analyse impact of COVID-19 pandemic on affected populations.