A Cost of the Diet Analysis in Azraq Refugee Camp, Jordan (2016)

The aim of carrying out the CotD training and analysis in Azraq refugee camp was two-fold. First, International Medical Corps aimed to build capacity among local and international partners, including FFP-funded implementing partners, responding to the Syria crisis in Jordan and the region. Second, by carrying out a CotD in Azraq Camp, International Medical Corps aimed to gather information to be used for the following purposes:

• To understand the extent to which economic poverty, typical dietary habits, and the unavailability of food prevents households and vulnerable individuals from consuming a nutritious diet;
• To understand how refugees in settings such as Azraq Camp can meet energy and nutrient requirements using local foods, and use this information to inform nutrition and food security program design;
• To inform and influence nutrition and food security related policy and advocacy processes within Azraq Camp, and in similar protracted camp settings where UNHCR, WFP and FFPfunded implementing partners may be working