Quantitative assessment of risk factors of undernutrition based on the Link NCA methodology, Nayapara Refugee Camp – Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
This study was conducted in the Nayapara Refugee Camps, commissioned by Action Against Hunger Bangladesh and funded by UNHCR and WFP. Its purpose was to identify the risk factors of undernutrition in the area to inform and improve nutrition security programmes.
1st January 2019
Action Against Hunger
UNHCR & World Food Programme
Nayapara Refugee Camp is a government-sponsored Rohingya refugee camp established in 1992 in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Despite the expansion of multi-sectoral humanitarian support over past years, undernutrition in registered camps remains a public health concern and the levels of malnutrition have been above the UNHCR standards for refugee camps (GAM> 10%). During the Link NCA quantitative survey, the prevalence of global acute malnutrition (GAM) was estimated at 13.3%. The prevalence of global chronic malnutrition (GCM) was estimated to be 39.0% and 34.1% of children were underweight. Out of 19 risk factors, believed to have an impact on the incidence of undernutrition in the study zone, three (3) risk factors were identified as having a major impact, namely:
- environmental and food hygiene,
- heavy workload of women and
- inadequate childcare and/or infant and young child feeding practices.