Chad - Standardised Expanded Nutrition Survey (East, South and Lake Region), 2021

The UNHCR Standardized Expanded Nutrition Surveys (SENS) provide regular nutrition data that plays a key role in delivering effective and timely interventions to ensure good nutritional outcomes in the refugee populations. CHAD hosts approximately 450.000 refugees mainly originating from Sudan, Central African Republic and Nigeria representing about 4% of the total population of the country. This can be explained by the security challenges caused by tensions in neighboring countries and by the macroeconomic situation of the country itself. Additionally, the Covid-19 pandemic has adversely impacted the livelihood of this already vulnerable population due to loss of means of income and reduction of revenues and support. In this context, the 2021 SENS survey was organized by UNHCR and the WFP, in collaboration with Chad Health Ministry. The data collection took place between June 17 and July 22, 2021 and covered 25 camps of Sudanese, Central African and Nigerian refugees in the East, South, and Lake Regions of Chad, including host villages living 25 Kilometers around the camps. A total of 705 clusters of 15320 households were surveyed, including 13087 children between 0 and 59 months of age who were surveyed for Anthropometry. A detailed report of the nutritional situation of the various segments of the population was published in a report which is published together with all the relevant datasets.

联合国难民署（United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR）标准化扩展营养调查（Standardized Expanded Nutrition Surveys, SENS）可提供常规营养监测数据，在开展高效及时的营养干预、保障难民群体获得良好营养结局方面发挥关键作用。乍得（Chad）境内收容了约45万难民，主要来自苏丹、中非共和国与尼日利亚，难民总数约占该国总人口的4%。这一状况可归因于周边国家紧张局势引发的安全挑战，以及乍得自身的宏观经济形势。此外，新冠（COVID-19）疫情因收入来源丧失、营收与支持渠道缩减，进一步损害了本已脆弱的难民群体的生计状况。在此背景下，2021年SENS调查由联合国难民署（UNHCR）与世界粮食计划署（World Food Programme, WFP）联合乍得卫生部共同组织开展。本次数据采集工作于2021年6月17日至7月22日开展，覆盖乍得东部、南部与湖区的25座难民营（接收来自苏丹、中非及尼日利亚的难民），同时纳入难民营周边25公里范围内的东道村落。本次调查共涉及705个抽样群，覆盖15320户家庭，其中对13087名0至59月龄儿童开展了人体测量学（Anthropometry）相关调查。一份详细阐述该人群各群体营养状况的官方报告已正式发布，所有相关数据集也一并公开。