Table 7
TABLE 7. Prevalence of acute undernutrition (<80% of median weight-for-height)
among children <5 years of age in internally displaced populations
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Population Prevalence
Date (ref) Country/region affected acute undernutrition
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1983 (29) Mozambique 12-28%
1985 (11) Ethiopia (Korem) 800,000 70%
1988 (30) Sudan (Khartoum) 750,000 23%
1988 (30) Sudan (S. Darfur) 80,000 36%
1990* Liberia (Monrovia) 500,000 35%
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*Holland MSF, unpublished data.
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