East Pokot is one of the 6 sub counties of Baringo County and it borders Turkana East to the North, Marakwet and Baringo North to the West, Laikipia and Samburu County to the East, and Marigat to the South.

In Baringo County, East Pokot sub county experiences poor health and nutrition outcomes. Previous SMART surveys conducted in the area shows that the prevalence of chronic malnutrition (stunting) has been on an upward trend. It increased from 25.5% in 2012 to 27.6% in 2014 then to 34% in 2015 and 36.5% in 2016. Similarly, wasting levels increased from 12.2% in 2012 to 23% in 2016 as shown in the figure below.

Several contributing factors are linked to the high malnutrition rates such as chronic and acute food insecurity due to poor rainfall and successive droughts, suboptimal child care and feeding practices and poor hygiene and sanitation practices and poor access to critical health services as well as harmful cultural beliefs associated with maternal and child feeding practices.

Please refer to the Final Report to find out more about the information obtained from this study and the recommendations that have been made.