The purpose of a rapid nutrition assessment is to:
- establish that a nutritional emergency or the risk of a nutritional emergency exists;
- identify the main causes of the emergency, estimate its severity and geographical extent;
- assess its likely evolution and impact on health and nutritional state;
- identify the areas and the socioeconomic groups most affected or at risk;
- assess existing response capacity and identify the most effective measures to prevent or minimize the nutritional emergency; and
- establish or expand existing surveillance, so that the effectiveness of measures taken can be monitored over time.
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