I am trying to make a presentation to discuss the increased in under 5 mortality trend during emergency (including disaster, war/conflict or others) and was wondering if anyone knows of any report that looks at specific country example (perhaps in Darfur)?
In part I am also interested in showing that undernutrition (wasting, stunting) further increases mortality in emergency.
Any suggestion/reference to different sources will be much appreciated.
Hi Anonymous 147
Review of Nutrition and Mortality Indicators for the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) , Reference Levels and Decision-making , September 2009.
http://www.ipcinfo.org/pubs.php
An Epidemiological Analysis of Malnutrition, Morbidity and Mortality Rates in the Darfur Humanitarian Crisis, Sudan 2003-2005
http://repository01.lib.tufts.edu:8080/fedora/get/tufts:UA015.012.073.00009/bdef:TuftsPDF/getPDF
Hope they will help
Rogers Wanyama
Answered:
12 years agoHello,
Here are some possible examples, especially the 1999 Congo mortality study.
Howe, P. (2010). Archetypes of Famine and Response. Disasters, 34(1), 30-54. doi: 10.1111/j.0361-3666.2009.01113.x
Roberts, L., & Despines, M. (1999). Mortality in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lancet, 353(9171), 2249-2250. doi: S0140-6736(05)76308-X [pii]
Roberts, L., & Toole, M. J. (1995). Cholera deaths in Goma. Lancet, 346(8987), 1431.
Teklehaimanot, A., Jabr, I., Paganini, A., Assefa, F., Degefie, T., Shibeshi, M., . . . Lattu, K. (2001). Mortality during a famine--Gode district, Ethiopia, July 2000. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 50(15), 285-288.
Vella, V., Tomkins, A., Borghesi, A., Migliori, G. B., Adriko, B. C., & Crevatin, E. (1992). Determinants of child nutrition and mortality in north-west Uganda. Bull World Health Organ, 70(5), 637-643.
And here are some references to articles that talk about this in general. The Young article HPN Paper 56 might be especially useful.
deWaal, A. (2005). Famine that Kills: Darfur, Sudan (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
Young, H., Borrel, A., Holland, D., & Salama, P. (2004). Public nutrition in complex emergencies. The Lancet, 364(9448), 1899-1909. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(04)17447-3
Young, H., & Jaspars, S. (2006). The Meaning and Measurement of Acute Malnutrition in Emergencies: A primer for decision-makers. HPN Network Paper, 56.
Young, H., & Jaspars, S. (2009). Review of Nutrition and Mortality Indicators for the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC): Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Nutrition Cluster.
If you can't find the actual article for any of these, let me know through an email response.
Hope that helps
Merry Fitzpatrick
Answered:
12 years agoDear Roger and Merry,
Thank you so much for sharing the information.
Merry, could I get your email address or should I email to en-net for further request on some articles?
Anonymous
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12 years ago