Nutrition Cluster Evaluation Pakistan Flood Response

In July 2010 Pakistan experienced the worst monsoon flooding since 1929. From the 20 million or so Pakistani people affected by the crisis, it was estimated that some 15% of this population were children under five (3,000,000), 8% were pregnant and lactating women PLW (1,600,000).1 A pre- floods crisis report had estimated that 25% of Pakistani children were at low birth rate (NNS 2001- 2002), falling under the continuous vicious cycle of malnutrition at birth. At the time of the crisis, population displacement, risk of diarrhoea outbreak and loss of livelihoods were the initial risks that predisposed the population to increased risk of malnutrition.