Refugee Nutrition Information System (RNIS), No. 38 - Report on the Nutrition Situation of Refugees and Displaced Populations

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July 2002

United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition

This report is issued on the general responsibility of the Secretariat of the UN System/Standing Committee on Nutrition; the material it contains should not be regarded as necessarily endorsed by, or reflecting the official positions of the SCN and its UN 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 SCN or its UN member agencies

This report was compiled by Brian Jones of the SCN Secretariat Hanan Elmasu assisted in the editing The chairman of the SCN is Dr Namanga Ngongi, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General to the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Chair-Designate is Catherine Bertini, Ex-Executive director of WFP

We would like to thank all those NGOs and UN agencies who contributed information to this report, particularly: AAH-UK, ACF-F, ACF-USA, ACF-SP, AI, CONCERN, CRS FAO, FEWS, FSAU, ICRC, IFRC, MDM, Medair, Merlin, MSF-B, MSF-F, MSF-H, MSF-S, OCHA, OLS, OXFAM, SCF-UK, TesrFund, UNHCHR, UNHCR, UNICEF, USAID, WFP, WHO, World Vision

If you have information to contribute to forthcoming reports, or would like to request back issues of the Reports on the Nutrition Situation of Refugees and Displaced Populations (RNIS), please contact: Brian Jones, RNIS Coordinator, Standing Committee on Nutrition 20, avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, SWITZERLAND Tel: +(41-22) 791.04.56, Fax: +(41-22) 798.88.91, Email: accscn@who.int Web: http://www.unsystem.org/scn/

The SCN Secretariat and the RNIS Coordinator extend most sincere thanks to all those individuals and agencies who have provided information and time for this issue, and hope to continue to develop the excellent collaboration which has been forged over the years. The RNIS would particularly like to thank and acknowledge the mapping department of UNHCR for their time and for the supplying of much needed maps for this issue.

Funding support is gratefully acknowledged from CIDA, DFA (Ireland), NORAD, DFID (UK), UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP This report was made possible through the support provided to the Food and Nutrition Assistance (FANta) Project by the Office of Health and Nutrition Bureau for Global Programs, Field Support and Research at the U.S. Agency for International Development, under the terms of Cooperative Agreement No. HNE-A-00-98-00046-00 awarded to the Academy for Educational Development(AED). The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

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HIGHLIGHTS

SUB-SAHARIAN AFRICA - GREATER HORN OF AFRICA

Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Somalia
Sudan

WEST AFRICAN REGION

Guinea
Liberia
Sierra Leone

GREAT LAKES REGION

Burundi
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Tanzania
Uganda

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Angola

ASIA - SELECTED SITUATIONS

Afghanistan Region

LISTINGS OF SOURCES FOR JULY 2002 RNIS REPORT 38

ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE TEXT

TABLES AND FIGURES

INDICATORS