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        For Immediate Release
        August 6, 2004        		 Contact: CDC Media Relations
        404-639-3286

        CDC Survey Documents Serious Crisis In Sudanese Refugee Children

        HHS/CDC recommend immediate increase in feeding programs,
        food rations, and public health measures

        Sudanese children in refugee camps in northeastern Chad risk serious illness or death from lack of food, clean water, shelter, and health care, say survey findings released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

        The emergency nutrition and mortality survey performed by CDC in June at the request of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) found acute malnutrition at rates of up to 39% in refugee camps and border settlements. A rate above 20% signals a serious crisis, according to M茅decins Sans Fronti貓res (Doctors Without Borders).

        鈥淪udanese refugee children in Chad are experiencing a major nutritional crisis similar to those seen in Ethiopia in 1999 and in Goma in 2000,鈥?said Dr. Basia Tomczyk, CDC epidemiologist and survey team leader. 鈥淭he good news is that public health intervention now would save children鈥檚 lives.鈥?/p>

        CDC found that among children ages 6 months to 5 years in refugee camps and border settlements

        • 36鈥?9 percent are malnourished,
        • 35鈥?8 percent have diarrhea, and
        • measles vaccination is inadequate (ranging from 24鈥?3 percent in the camps and settlements) to prevent outbreaks

        Factors contributing to the crisis, in addition to insufficient food, include lack of drinking water and sanitation and limited availability and access to health and nutritional care. The health crisis is complicated by onset of the rainy season and continuing threats of violence, which make it difficult for aid workers to reach populations along the Chad鈥?Sudanese border.

        The CDC survey team recommends immediate steps to reduce the threat:

        • Increase and expand supplemental feeding programs (high-quality dietary supplements for moderately malnourished people).
        • Increase and expand therapeutic feeding programs (intensive medical care and dietary treatment for severely malnourished people).
        • Increase the general food ration for the entire refugee population.
        • Expand measles vaccination to children ages 6 months to 15 years.
        • Increase treatment and prevention of diarrheal diseases.
        • Increase water, shelter, sanitation and health services.

        鈥淯NHCR welcomes the report and, in close collaboration with partners, has already begun to implement its recommendations,鈥?said UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner Kamel Morjane.

        To date this year, the U.S. Government has provided $28.6 million for emergency refugee assistance in eastern Chad, including $14.2 million to the UNHCR, $8.9 million to the World Food Program, and $5.5 million to other non-governmental organizations and international organizations. Additional international donor support is urgently needed.

        The CDC survey report is available at: http://www.cy118119.com/nceh/ierh/.

        The survey project involved multiple agencies, including UNHCR, United Nations Children's Fund, World Health Organization, World Food Program, Chadian Ministry of Health鈥檚 Centre National de Nutrition et Technique Alimentaire, M茅decins Sans Fronti貓res鈥揃elgium, International Medical Corps, and International Rescue Committee.

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