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Kenya: acute food insecurity and acute malnutrition situation July 2019 and Projection for August - October 2019 [1]

How severe, how many and when: In July 2019, estimated 2.6 Million people (19% of the population in ASAL) are classified in IPC phase 3 and/or worse acute food insecurity. Comparing to 2018 same period, around 700,000 people were classified in Crisis (IPC Phase 3). The deterioration and severity of food insecurity was mainly attributed to performance of the seasonal rainfall. In the projection period of August to October 2019, the population in crisis and above is expected to increase from 2.6 million people to about 3.1 million people, while the population in Emergency possibly will increase from 298,000 to 357,000.
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Publication Date: 
25/10/2019
Government of Kenya [3]
Tags:
Food Security [4], Malnutrition [5], Nutrition [6], Kenya [7], Africa [8]
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/kenya-acute-food-insecurity-and-acute-malnutrition-situation-july-2019-and
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/IPC_Kenya_AcuteFoodSec_Malnutrition.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/government-kenya
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/malnutrition
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nutrition
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kenya
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa