Standardised Expanded Nutrition Survey (2012, 2015) Refugee Camp: Maratane [Mozambique]

In 2015, Mozambique was host to a total of 13,217 refugees. The Maratane refugee camp was the only official settlement for asylum seekers and refugee in Mozambique since 2003, hosting 7,360 refugees (1,784 households). The majority of refugees were from the Great Lakes Region, namely Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. The nutrition study in 2012 found a stable level of acute malnutrition, but persistent high levels of chronic malnutrition amongst children, and anaemia amongst both children and adult women. UNHCR conducted two nutrition surveys in Maratane’s refugee camp between the 25th of April and the 2nd of May 2015, one with a representative sample of the refugee population of the camp and another with the children of refugees who have arrived within the last 6 months to the camp.  

The scope of the survey includes:
- food security
- mosquito net coverage
- water, sanitation and hygiene
- nutritional status of infants and children under 5
- women aged 15 to 49 years

Also see the 2012 survey. The Maratane refugee camp was the only official settlement for asylum seekers and refugee in Mozambique since 2003, hosting 6,559 refugees (2,133 households). The majority of refugees were from the Great Lakes Region, namely Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. The previous nutrition survey conducted in October 2010 found a stable level of acute malnutrition, but a high level of both chronic malnutrition amongst children, and anaemia amongst both children and adult women. UNHCR, in partnership with the Ministry of Health and WFP, conducted a nutrition survey in Maratane refugee camp between 22 and 30 September 2012.