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Nutrition in camps

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Key points
  • Ensure coordination and collaboration between all those involved in a camp's nutrition activities.
  • Ensure that all refugees in a camp have access to food.
  • Establish programmes to treat acute malnutrition and effective referral mechanisms (to services in the camp or in the host community where refugees have access to these services).
  • Establish infant and young child feeding programmes.
  • Within the first 3 months conduct a SENS nutrition surveys and conduct regular MUAC screenings to monitor the nutrition situation.

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