IDPs (ACF) - PFEDA / Page d'accueil PFEDA
IDPs (ACF) - PFEDA / Page d'accueil PFEDA
IDPs (ACF) - PFEDA / Page d'accueil PFEDA
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OBJECTIVES<br />
SUMMARY<br />
• To quantify malnutrition rates in children aged between 6 and 59 months in the IDP<br />
(Internally Displaced Peoples Camps) in Mogadishu, Somalia.<br />
• To quantify the measles vaccination coverage in the IDP camps<br />
• To assess Therapeutic Feeding Centre coverage<br />
• To assess the period of time that <strong>IDPs</strong> have been in Mogadishu.<br />
• To quantify the mortality rate in the IDP camps, and the causes of mortality.<br />
• To assess the use of latrines and the amount of water used per person per day<br />
METHODOLOGY<br />
This survey was carried out in the IDP camps accessible to <strong>ACF</strong> in Mogadishu between<br />
the 17 th and 30 th of June 2000.<br />
Classic double cluster anthropometrics survey technique was employed (30 clusters of 30<br />
children – total 900 children surveyed).<br />
Only children aged between 6 and 59 months were included in the survey<br />
MALNUTRITION RATE<br />
Global acute malnutrition and Severe Acute Malnutrition of children from 6 – 59 months<br />
Expressed in z-scores (-2 z-scores<br />
for Global, -3 z-scores for<br />
Severe) and including bilateral<br />
oedema<br />
Expressed as a % of the Median<br />
(between 70 and 80% for Global,<br />
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