Harmonized Training Package for Nutrition in Emergencies October 08 click here
Toolkit for Nutrition in Emergencies June 2008 click here for English version; click here for Arabic version; click here for Spanish version; click here for French version.
Now available on Mini CD (English version)
Factsheet: WHO Growth Standards in Emergencies, March 2009
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Initial Rapid Assessment Tool (IRA)
The Assessment Working Group of the IASC Global Nutrition Cluster, in collaboration with the Health and WASH clusters, have developed an integrated Initial Rapid Assessment (IRA) Tool intended to provide a quick snapshot of the situation in the first 7 days (preferably in the first 72 hours) after acute emergency onset. It is not intended to provide detailed quantitative information and should be used to help understand the situation and guide initial response. The tool is designed to collect data at the community and facility (not at the household) level. The assessment using the IRA tool at one site should take approximately 3-4 hours.
The tool is derivative of many existing tools used by governments, NGOs, donors and the UN, has been extensively peer reviewed and includes data entry and analysis software and annexes to help guide data collection and analysis. Both field level and country level guidance have been developed which includes pre-crisis secondary data collection checklists in the annex. The initial draft of the tool has been field tested in 6 countries in collaboration with the UN Country Team in each location (Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Chad, DRC and CAR). Based on the field-testing report and consultations with partners, a final version is now available. The accompanying IRA Guidance Note should be consulted when intending to use the IRA tool. In addition, as an improvement to the earlier version, the latest version contains a strategy of analyses and an excel data sheet that provides automatic results for reporting. Further when data is entered an automatic report will appear, amonst others, in bar charts.
The IRA toolkit can be downloaded here for Data Entry Tool and Field Assessment Form. The IRA is a living document and we are keen to know of its application and any recommendations for improvements, therefore we would request that when you do use it, you complete a very short feedback questionnaire also available here.
If you have any questions on the IRA please contact globalnutritioncluster@unicef.org, for more information