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Abbreviations used in the text

AAH-UK

Action Against Hunger UK

AAH-USA

Action Against Hunger USA

AI

Amnesty International

ACF-F

Action Contre la Faim France

ACH-S

Action Against Hunger Spain

BEG

Bahr El Ghazal

BMI

Body Mass Index

CAD

Children's Aid Direct

CMR

Crude Mortality Rate

DRC

Democratic Republic of Congo

FAO

Food & Agricultural Organization of the United Nations

FEWS

Famine Early Warning System

FSAU

Food Security Assessment for Somalia

ICRC

International Committee of Red Cross

IDP

Internally Displaced Person

IRIN

Integrated Regional Information Network (of DHA)

IRIN-WA

Integrated Regional Information Network for West Africa (of DHA)

IRIN-SA

Integrated Regional Information Network for Southern Africa (of DHA)

MSF-B

Médecins Sans Frontières - Belgium

MSF-CH

Médecins Sans Frontières - Switzerland

MSF-F

Médecins Sans Frontières - France

MSF-H

Médecins Sans Frontières - Holland

MSF-S

Médecins Sans Frontières - Spain

MOH

Ministry of Health

MUAC

Mid-upper arm circumference

NGO

Non-governmental Organisation

OA

Oxfors Analytica

OCHA

Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Assistance

OLS

Operation Lifeline Sudan

RI

Refugees International

RoC

Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)

SCF-UK

Save the Children Fund - US

SCF-US

Save the Children Fund - US

UNDPI

United Nations Department of Public Information

UNHCHR

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

UNHCR

United Nations High Commission on Refugees

UNICEF

United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund

USAID

US Agency for International Development

WFP

World Food Programme

WHO

World Health Organization


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