Update on the Nutrition Situation, 1994













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UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES

ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON COORDINATION - SUBCOMMITTEE ON NUTRITION

A report compiled from information available to the ACC/SCN

November 1994

Prepared in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI),
Washington D.C.

Funding support for the preparation of this report is gratefully acknowledged from:
Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA)
International Development Research Center (IDRC, Canada)

Chapter 3, "The Nutrition Situation of Refugee and Displaced Populations", is based on reports prepared for the Refugee Nutrition Information System, supported financially by CIDA, NORAD, UNHCR, USAID, and WFP


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United Nations - Administrative Committee on Coordination - Subcommittee on Nutrition

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Chapter 1. Overview

Chapter 2. Recent Nutrition Trends in 14 Countries

Bangladesh
Brazil
China
Costa Rica
Egypt
Ethiopia
India
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Morocco
Philippines
Senegal
Zambia

Chapter 3. The Nutrition Situation of Refugee and Displaced Populations

Introduction
Asia

Afghanistan
Iraq
Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal
Myanmar (Rohingya) Refugees in Bangladesh

Sub-Saharan Africa

Sudan
Rwanda/Burundi
Angola
Liberia Region
Mozambique Region
Somalia
Shaba Region in Zaire
Ethiopia
Refugees in Kenya

Summary for Sub-Saharan Africa
References

Chapter 4. Data Sources for Chapters 1 and 2

A. Country Study References
B. Other References
C. General Data
D. Anthropometric Data

Annex I Methods Used for Calculating Economic Growth Rates

Annex II List of Countries Included in Reports on the World Nutrition Situation and Updates