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Standard Project Report 2016
in 2017.
The low percentage of actual versus planned school feeding beneficiaries was a result of resource shortages, which
led WFP to scale back school feeding coverage to only two provinces (North Hamgyong and Ryanggang). Similarly,
the number of beneficiaries reached under the prevention of acute malnutrition programme was lower than the
planned target, as funding shortfalls compelled WFP to reduce the programme's geographic coverage from 87 to
70 counties from February 2016 onward.
Under the moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) treatment programme for children aged 6-59 months, 100 percent
programme coverage was reached in all the nurseries in the seven counties in Kangwon province. The number of
beneficiaries reached with MAM treatment was lower than planned as institutions identified fewer MAM cases than
expected in 2016. Throughout the implementation period, performance indicators for MAM treatment were reported
by the Government to be within the acceptable levels set by SPHERE standards. The positive outcomes of the
MAM treatment programme were consistent with the low wasting rate of just over 1 percent according to the food
security and nutrition survey among children in WFP-supported nurseries (FSNA, November 2015). Beyond WFP’s
coverage of children in nurseries, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) observes high levels of treatment of
cases of children under five years with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in hospitals. It is possible that there are
MAM cases taken to health facilities and not to nurseries. As part of the succeeding PRRO 200907, which began in
July 2016, WFP continued advoc