SQUEAC Report, DS Kati and Kalabancoro, November 2015

IRC has been operating in the Koulikoro region, in the Kati and Kalabancoro1 districts, since May 2012 and is currently implementing an integrated nutrition/WASH program covering  45 Community Health Centers (CSCom) and 2 Referral Health Centers (CSRef).A SQUEAC survey had already been conducted in January 2015, highlighting the barriers and enablers to the care of children with severe acute malnutrition, and showed a coverage rate of 40.2% (30.2%–51.2%) compared to 48.6% (38.3%–58.3%) in this follow-up SQUEAC survey.

Other surveys have been conducted either at the national level or by IRC in Kati, notably: – A SLEAC survey conducted in June 2014, with a national average coverage rate of 22.3% (16.7%– 27.6%) and a coverage rate of 31.9% (26.9%–37.1%) for the Koulikoro region. – In April 2013, an SQUEAC survey was conducted by IRC in 35 health zones in Kati, revealing a current coverage rate of 69.9% (62.3%–76.5%)³. The follow-up SQUEAC survey presented here shows a coverage rate of 48.6%, which, compared to the 2015 SQUEAC survey, indicates a slight improvement in coverage