United Nations System
Standing Committee on Nutrition



 

Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Senegal
 


RNIS 14, February 1996

There was a final food distribution to the approximately 52,000 Mauritanian refugees in Senegal in December 1995. This population is now considered to be self-sufficient and will no longer receive assistance [UNHCR 06/02/96].


RNIS 13, December 1995

There are no reports of change in the situation for the approximately 52,000 Mauritanian refugees in Senegal currently receiving humanitarian aid. There are plans to phase out this assistance by the end of 1995, by which time it is hoped that the refugees will either have reached self-sufficiency or been repatriated.


RNIS 12, October 1995

There are no reports of change in the situation for the approximately 52,000 Mauritanian refugees in Senegal currently receiving humanitarian aid. There are plans to phase out this assistance by the end of 1995, by which time it is hoped that the refugees will either have reached self-sufficiency or been repatriated.


RNIS 11, July 1995

There are no reports of change in the situation for the approximately 52,000 Mauritanian refugees in Senegal currently receiving humanitarian aid. There are plans to phase out this assistance by the end of 1995, by which time it is hoped that the refugees will either have reached self-sufficiency or been repatriated.


RNIS 10, April 1995

There are approximately 52,000 Mauritanian refugees in Senegal. The population currently receive humanitarian aid although there are plans to phase out assistance by the end of 1995 when it is hoped that refugees will either have been repatriated or achieved self-sufficiency [UNHCR 20/04/95].


RNIS 9, February 1995

It was hoped that conditions for repatriation for most of the 52,000 Mauritanian refugees in Senegal would be established in 1994. However, this has not yet been achieved and this population will receive a final phase of food assistance [UNHCR 30/01/95, WFP 16/02/95].


RNIS 7, October 1994

There are no reports of change in the nutritional status of the approximately 52,000 Mauritanian refugees in Senegal.


RNIS 6, August 1994

The nutritional and health situation of this population of 60,000 Mauritanians remains stable and satisfactory (category IIc in Table 1).


RNIS 5, June 1994

The nutritional and health situation of this population of 60,000 Mauritanians remains stable and satisfactory (category IIc in Table 1).


RNIS 4, April 1994

The nutritional and health situation of this population of 60,000 Mauritanians remains stable.


RNIS 3, February 1994

There is no reported change in this population since the last RNIS report where a stable situation for the 60,000 Mauritanian refugees was reported.


RNIS 2, December 1993

There are between 55-60,000 Mauritanian refugees living in approximately four hundred settlements in the northern pan of Senegal. The population is stable with no major problems and are unlikely to be repatriated in the near future. The population are largely self-sufficient and only receive partial emergency rations. These rations are due to be phased out in 1994.


RNIS 1, October 1993