Malnutrition and Mortality Patterns among Internally Displaced and Non-Displaced Population Living in a Camp a Village or a Town in Eastern Chad

摘要

BackgroundCertain population groups have been rendered vulnerable in Chad because of displacement of more than 200,000 people over the last three years as a result of mass violence against civilians in the east of the country. The objective of the study was to assess mortality and nutritional patterns among displaced and non-displaced population living in camps, villages and a town in the Ouddaï and Salamat regions of Chad.