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2 THE IPC FAMINE FACT SHEET THE IPC ACUTE FOOD INSECURITY SCALE The IPC Acute Food Insecurity scale has become the global standard for the classication of acute food insecurity. [...] IPC Phase 5 Famine exists in areas where at least one in ve households has or is most likely to have an extreme deprivation of food and face The Famine Likely classication thus allows the IPC to starvation, death, destitution and extremely warn about potential Famine in contexts when there is critical levels of acute malnutrition. [...] 3 THE IPC FAMINE FACT SHEET THE IPC ACUTE FOOD INSECURITY SCALE HOW THE FAMINE REVIEW COMMITTEE WORKS When a country IPC analysis shows a potential, or already Once the process is triggered, the Famine Review identied situation of famine, a specic procedure is Committee (FRC) is requested to conduct a review to ensure activated in order to conrm or disprove a Famine technical rigor and neutrality. [...] their review, the FRC a partner suspects a fteen major agencies, Its scope of work presents their ndings to Famine and the Famine coordinated by the IPC includes: (i) reviewing all the TWG and to the IPC Review Committee is Global Support Unit, available evidence for Global Steering activated. [...] conducts a preliminary the areas under review; Committee and review of the analysis and (ii) assessing the publishes the FRC report conducted by the country plausibility of a famine on the IPC website.