Malawi - Standardised Expanded Nutrition Survey 2012

Dzaleka refugee camp in Malawi has been hosting refugees since 1994, mainly from the Great Lakes Region in Central Africa. Since 2002, WFP in accordance with theMemoradum of Understanding between WFP and UNHCR has been providing food rations to therefugees in the camp. To support informing revisions to the food assistance programme, a UNHCRStandardised Expanded Nutrition Survey (SENS) was conducted by UNHCR with the support of WFPbetween 27 June and 5 July 2012. This was the fi rst nutrition assessment since 2008. The SENS was based on the Standardised Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transitions(SMART) methodology and UNHCR SENS Guidelines for Refugee Populations (v 1.3, March 2012).Simple random sampling was used to select a target sample of 504 households and 314 children under5 years. A resultant sample size of 422 households and 365 children was achieved. The microdata arethe anonymized version of the original data, and include a data fi le for the following modules:foodsecurity, mosquito net coverage, WASH, children under 5 years old, infants aged 0 to 23 months andwomen aged 15 to 49 years.