study
Bangladesh
Kutupalong Makeshift Settlements, Cox’s Bazar
2019
Final Report - Kutupalong MS 2019 PDF
Key messages - Kutupalong MS 2019
Charles Maughan
Md. Lalan Miah
Chris Coffey
Managing organization
Action Against Hunger / Action Contre la Faim / Acción contra el Hambre
Action Against Hunger / Action Contre la Faim / Acción contra el Hambre
funder
UNHCR World Food Program
UNHCR World Food Program
Kutupalong Makeshift Settlements are located in Cox’s Bazar and they are home to Rohingya refugees who fled Myanmar during the intensification of conflict in August 2017. Despite massive humanitarian interventions covering all key sectors, undernutrition in the settlements remains a public health concern while the context is shifting from the emergency phase to a protracted crisis phase.
During the Link NCA quantitative survey, the prevalence of global acute malnutrition (GAM) was estimated at 11.7%. The prevalence of global chronic malnutrition (GCM) was estimated to be 33.6% and 29.1% of children were underweight.
The analyses undertaken during this Link NCA study allowed to identify 18 risk factors, believed to have an impact on the incidence of undernutrition in the study zone. Following a triangulation of data from diverse sources, three (3) risk factors were identified as having a major impact, namely:
Low birth-spacing and/or unwanted pregnancies,
Early marriage/pregnancy and
Non-optimal hygiene practices.
During the Link NCA quantitative survey, the prevalence of global acute malnutrition (GAM) was estimated at 11.7%. The prevalence of global chronic malnutrition (GCM) was estimated to be 33.6% and 29.1% of children were underweight.
The analyses undertaken during this Link NCA study allowed to identify 18 risk factors, believed to have an impact on the incidence of undernutrition in the study zone. Following a triangulation of data from diverse sources, three (3) risk factors were identified as having a major impact, namely:
