Child Nutritional Status and Asthma Among Internally Displaced Populations (IDP) in Georgia

摘要

Introduction: In Georgia, in august 2008 armed conflict erupted over South Ossetia. Though the actual combat period spanned only five days, looting and insurgency occurred after the combat period. An estimated 138,000 thousand people were displaced from the conflict zone and surrounding areas, mostly to the cities of Tbilisi and at a later stage Gori. A damage assessment by the EU using satellite imagery estimated that almost 2,000 buildings were damaged. About 93% were residential buildings with 87% of damage located in South Ossetia. Some six months after the conflict, most villagers have returned to their homes in adjacent area and reconstruction efforts have been taking place. A number of around 26,000 IDPs could not return to their villages; by now a number of them have been relocated to resettlement areas while another group remains in the Collective Centres. The HALO Trust and other demining NGOs have been clearing the affected areas in Shida Khartli but at this moment there are still a number of communities where clearance is not complete and risk from damage by ERWs (explosive remnants of war) is still very real.