Attached is a report of a project started a year ago to lower malnutrition in IDPs in the Northern Province by 10%, paid for by Japan through the World Bank for US$2.7 million. A year ago the malnutrition figures were:
Prevalence of anemia (Hb < 11.0g/dL) among children 0-23 months = 61.60%
Prevalence of anemia (Hb <11.0 g/dL) among pregnant women = 44.20%
Prevalence of underweight (weight-for-age <-2 SD z-scores) among children 0-23 months = 31.30%
Proportion of children 0-6 months who are exclusively breastfed = 71.20%
These are terrible figures…
World Bank Malnutrition Among Northern IDPs June 26 2013