markets and roads) - participatory mapping of the settlements and services available was conducted prior to data collection. healthcare clinics and schools) and common public spaces (i.e. To determine a BSU - defined as an economic/geographic service unit which relies on the same services (i.e. To achieve geographical spread across each district, at least three key informant interviews (KIIs) in a number proportionate to the number of settlements, were conducted in each Basic Service Unit (BSU). A sampling frame covering all 265 districts in all 31 provinces of Afghanistan was used with a minimum coverage of 10% of total settlements in each district.

government workers, religious leaders, teachers, doctors or other community members with significant knowledge of the settlement - about the humanitarian situation in their settlement. A structured survey tool was used to interview key informants (KIs) - i.e.

The HSM methodology uses settlements as the unit of analysis.

HSM also seeks to complement the annual household-level Whole of Afghanistan Assessment ( WoAA) by filling in information gaps on a regular basis. Humanitarian Situation Monitoring ( HSM) seeks to inform the prioritization of emergency needs by monitoring the evolution of vulnerabilities, coping strategies, gaps in basic services and needs of assessed districts. The rapidity with which humanitarian needs are evolving calls for analysis at regular intervals to support geographical and sectoral prioritizations within the humanitarian response in Afghanistan. Endemic poverty and conflict have converged with recent changes in governance, economic shock and natural disasters to generate disparate needs and vulnerabilities within Afghanistan.

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