Informe mundial sobre desastres : Resumen 2003

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Getting the scale right : A comparison of analytical methods for vulnerability assessment and household level targeting

This paper introduces broad concepts of vulnerability, food security and famine. It argues that the concepts and theories driving development and implementation of vulnerability assessment tools are related to their utility. The review concludes that socio-geographic scale is a key issue and challenge. It analyses three vulnerability assessment (VA) methods, using Ethiopia as a case study. Facing the challenges of vulnerability assessment and early warning requires providing accurate information at the required scale, useful for multiple decision-makers within realistic institutional capacities (AU)

Mortality rates in displaced and resident populations of central Somalia during 1992 famine

Famine and civil war have resulted in high mortality rates and large population displacements in Somalia. To assess mortality rates and risk factors for mortality, we carried out surveys in the central Somali towns of Afgoi and Baidoa in November and Decemmber, 1992. In Baidoa we surveyed displaced persons living in camps, the average daily crude mortality rate was 16.8 (95

CI 14.6-19.1) per 10.000 population during the 232 days before the survey. An estimated 74

of children under 5 years living in displaced persons camps died during this period. In Afgoi, where both displaced and resident populations were surveyed, the crude mortality rate was 4.7 (3.9-5.5) deaths per 10.000 per day. Although mortality rates for all displaced persons were high, people living in temporary camps were at highest risk of death. As in other famine-related disasters, preventable infectious diseases such as measles and diarrhoea were the primary causes of death in both towns. These mortality rates are among the highest documented for a civilian population over a long period. Community-based public health interventions to prevent and control common infectious diseses qre needed to reduce these exceptionally high mortality rates in Somalia(AU)