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Coordination mechanism: Cluster
Year of Nutrition Cluster activation in Bangladesh: 2012
Nutrition Cluster Coordinator: NO-B (Consultant) UNICEF
Other: 1 Govt Liaison to Line Director - National Nutrition Services (NNS), Institute of Public Health Nutrition (IPHN), and other govt stakeholders, 1 Humanitarian Affairs Specialist of UN RC office, and 1 other Cluster coordinators (e.g. Food Security, WASH, Child Protection).
Coordination arrangement: Co-led by UNICEF and IPHN, under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Sub-national, but independent from the National Cluster. The Cluster is dedicated to supporting Emergency preparedness and response of the Host Communities that are affected by the Natural Disaster (Cyclone, Flood, landslide, Earthquake).

Country Key Contacts

Muhammad Abu Bakr Siddique

Nutrition Officer [email protected]

Half yearly report 2025

January to June 2025

Humanitarian Needs Overview 2025 (HNO)

NA

Joint Response Plan 2025 (JRP)

NA

Cluster Sector Challenges 2025
  • Fund constraint for emergency response.
  • Technical capacity of implementing partners.
  • A proposal is going on to merge Health and Nutrition Clusters in Bangladesh.

Key Figures in 2025

(million)

Funding in 2024

(million)
Number of SAM under-five children in need 2024
(million)
Number of MAM under-five children in need 2024
(million)
Number of children 6-23 months in need of BSFP- Blanket Supplementary Feeding Programme 2022
(million)
Number of children 6-59 months in need of Vitamin A Supplementation 2022
(million)
Number of PLW counselled (one-on-one) on IYCF 2024
(million)
Number of moderately acutely malnourished PLW in need 2024
(million)
Number of moderately acutely malnourished PLW in need of BSFP 2022
(million)
Number of PW in need of iron/folate supplementation 2024
(million)

29

Total Partners

0
NNGOs
0
INGOs
0
UN agencies
0
Authorities
0
Donors

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