Refugee Nutrition Information System (RNIS), No. 7 - Report on the Nutrition Situation of Refugees and Displaced Populations













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UNITED NATIONS ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON COORDINATION
SUB-COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION

ACC/SCN, Geneva, 17 October 1994
Revision 1

ACC/SCN, c/o World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
Telephone: [41-22] 791 04 56, Fax: [41-22] 798 88 91

Note: The numbering of situations evolved from earlier reports and has no implications for priority.

This report is issued on the general responsibility of the Secretariat of the U.N.'s ACC/Sub-Committee on Nutrition; the material it contains should not be regarded as necessarily endorsed by, or reflecting the official positions of the ACC/SCN and its U.N. member agencies. The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the ACC/SCN or its U.N. member agencies concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

This report was compiled by the ACC/SCN Secretariat, with the help of Dr Jeremy Shoham, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Funding support is gratefully acknowledged from NORAD, USAID*, UNHCR, and WFP, as are inputs in kind from UNICEF and Save the Children Fund, UK. UNHCR kindly provided most of the maps used.

We would like to thank all those agencies who contributed information to this report, particularly AICF, CAMA, CDC, UN/DHA, FAO, ICRC, IFRC, MSF-Belgium, MSF-CIS, MSF-Holland, MSF-Switzerland, SCF-UK, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, WHO, and WV.

* This report was prepared with support from the United States Agency for International Development, Bureau for Global Programs, Field Support and Research, Office of Health and Nutrition and the Bureau for Humanitarian Response under The Food Security and Nutrition Monitoring (IMPACT) Project, Contract No. DAN-5110-C-00-0013-00.


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HIGHLIGHTS

INTRODUCTION

CURRENT SITUATION (Sub-Saharan Africa)

1. Liberia Region
2. Western Ethiopia/Eastern Ethiopia/Ogaden
3. East, Central and West Sudan
4. Kenya
5. Somalia
6. Mozambique Region
7. Rwanda
8. Angola
9. Southern Sudan
10. Uganda
11. Shaba/Kasai Regions, Zaire
12. Ghana, Togo, Benin Region
13. Central African Republic
14. Zaire (Refugees)
15. Burundi/Rwanda Situation
16. Mauritania/Senegal
17. Djibouti
18. Zambia

CURRENT SITUATION (Asia - Selected Situations)

19. Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal
20. Refugees from Rakhine State, Myanmar in Bangladesh
21. Southern Iraq
22. Afghanistan Region

List of Sources for October 1994 RNIS Report

List of Tables, Figures and Annexes

Table 1 - Information Available on Total Refugee/Displaced Populations (as of October 1994)
Figure 1 - Refugee and Displaced Populations
Figure 2 - Trends in Total Refugee/Displaced Populations and Risk Categories
Figure 3 - Trends in Population Estimates and Risk Categories in Six Countries
Annex 1 - Results of Surveys Quoted in October Report
Annex 2 - Seasonality in Sud-Saharan Africa

List of Maps

Map A - Situational Map
Map 1 - Liberia
Map 2 - Ethiopia
Map 3 - Sudan
Map 4 - Kenya
Map 5 - Somalia
Map 6 - Mozambique
Map 7 - Rwanda
Map 8 - Angola
Map 9 - Southern Sudan
Map 10 - Uganda
Map 11 - Zaire
Map 12 - Togo
Map 13 - Central African Republic
Map 15 - Burundi
Map 16 - Mauritania/Senegal
Map 17 - Djibouti
Map 18 - Zambia
Map 19 - Nepal
Map 20 - Bangladesh