Aweil South County, State of Bahr El Gazel, SQUEAC Report (2015)

A coverage investigation for an Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) program implemented by the International Rescue Committee was conducted in Aweil South County utilizing the Semi-Quantitative Evaluation of Access & Coverage (SQUEAC) methodology with remote support from the Coverage Monitoring Network (CMN). The assessment took place from the 13th to the 24th of March 2015. Aweil South County is one of the five counties of Northern Bahr el Ghazal State in South Sudan. It has an estimated population of 144,6381 and is mainly inhabited by the Dinka tribe.

Aweil South County consists of 8 payams however out of the 8 payams, only villages in 6 payams were included in the survey. These villages are under the catchment area of the six functional OTPs that were running for over a year in Aweil South County. The IRC has been providing health care services in Aweil South County since 2010 to date. The IRC has interventions in nutrition, integrated Community Case Management of childhood illnesses and supports the Ministry of Health in providing primary health care to the community through a national health systems strengthening intervention.