TABLE 5. Prevalence of acute undernutrition (<80% median weight-for-height) among children <5 years of age in refugee populations =================================================================================================== Host Country Prevalence (%) Dates (ref) country of Origin Population acute undernutrition --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1979 (15) Thailand Kampuchea 31,900 10.0-18.0 1980 (16) Somalia Ethiopia 700,000 21.7-28.4 1984-85 (17) Pakistan Afghanistan 2,500,000 2.3-3.5 1988 (18) Malawi Mozambique 400,000 2.1-6.1 1988-89 (19) Ethiopia Somalia 400,000 12.9-29.5 1990 (20) Guinea Liberia 400,000 5.3 1990* Ethiopia Sudan 25,000 45.0 1991+ Kenya Somalia 50,000 29.0 1991 (10) Iraq/Turkey Iraq 400,000 4.1 Border --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *UNHCR-Kenya. MacAskill J, December 1991. +CDC. Toole M, trip report, July 1990. ===================================================================================================