Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey (SENS), Makpandu Refugee Camp - 2019

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 among populations affected by forced displacement. UNHCR and WVI carried out a nutrition survey in Makpandu from 7 to 10 October 2019. Makpandu refugee settlement has an estimated refugee population of 50382 who are mainly from DRC and CAR, and a few from Sudan and Eritrea. The overall aim of this survey was to assess the general nutrition and health status of refugee population and formulate workable recommendations for appropriate nutritional and public health interventions. The survey was based on the UNHCR Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey (SENS) guidelines for refugee populations (version 2, 2013) http://sens.unhcr.org/. Four SENS modules including i. anthropometric and health, ii. Anaemia, iii. IYCF, and iv. Food Security were carried out. 2019 was the first-time modules ii, iii and iv were carried out thus the data from these modules will be used as the baseline. A total of six survey teams composed of four members each (one team leader, one haemoglobin measurer, one anthropometric measurer/translator and one anthropometric/haemoglobin measurement assistant) were included in each survey. A standardised training lasting four days was provided followed which included a standardisation test. Data collection lasted four days. The survey teams were supported by a team of 2 supervisors and 2 coordinators who roved between the teams during the data collection. Mobile phone questionnaires using Open Data Kit (ODK) android software for all the modules was used for data collection. Data validation was carried out on a daily by the survey coordinator which allowed for daily feedback to the survey teams