SQUEAC Assessment companion

With insufficient expertise or time dedicated to its preparation, a Semi-Quantitative Evaluation of Access and Coverage (SQUEAC) of Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programs can turn into an overwhelming experience for all involved within and outside the organisation. In order to avoid common setbacks, the Coverage Monitoring Network (CMN) has prepared a series of guidelines, which aim to navigate and advise different participants how to prepare, conduct and follow-up SQUEAC investigations. While the SQUEAC Supervision Guidelines are designed for Nutrition Advisors or Coordinators at HQ and country levels who intend to support SQUEAC investigation team leaders in their endeavours (directly or remotely), the SQUEAC Assessment Companion is dedicated to programme managers, performing the role of a SQUEAC investigation team leader.

Given the prerequisites of a team-leading role, which would inherently include an in-depth training on the SQUEAC methodology, SQUEAC Assessment Companion does not provide details about why and how different steps of a SQUEAC investigation are undertaken. If necessary, this information is available in a SQUEAC & SLEAC Technical Reference and CMN Training Centre (http://www.coveragemonitoring.org/training-centre/).

Instead, SQUEAC Assessment Companion unfolds a timeline of different stages of a SQUEAC investigation and their key elements, which need to be completed, reviewed and confirmed before moving onward. In this respect, SQUEAC Assessment Companion aspires to play a role in the quality assurance and methodology adherence of a SQUEAC investigation but it also includes a complete set of templates and forms developed and pre-tested by SQUEAC experts with the aim to facilitate the implementation of a SQUEAC investigation
in all its stages.