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Darfur Fact-sheet: Key facts and figures for Sudan with a focus on Darfur

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Nutrition

Global acute malnutrition < 5 yrs Sudan* (wasting, weight/height) (%) 10† 14.8
Global acute malnutrition < 5 yrs Darfur residents, IDPs in camps 14‡ 16.3; 15.8
Global chronic malnutrition < 5 yrs Darfur N, W, S (stunting, height/age) 14‡ 31.8; 40.1; 33.8 Underweight women Darfur (MUAC < 225mm) (%) (2006) 14‡ 9.8 (11.6)
Nutrition centres in Darfur, SFC/TFC 15††† (2008) 127/191 (96/110)

Food security

Cereal production (northern) Sudan (‘000 MT, est) ‡ (2009) 175,707 (2,819)
Cereal production Darfur (‘000 MT, est) (North, West, South) 17‡ 919 (148; 139; 632)
WFP food deliveries Darfur (‘000 MT, 2011) †† (2010) ‡ 18 211 (304)
Number of people (m) requiring food assistance in Darfur in 2012 (Sudan) 30†† 3.9 (5.2)
IDPs, returnees, nomads, residents req. food assistance in Darfur (m) 30†† 1.5, 0.15, 1.1, 1.1
Req. food assistance in North, South, West Darfur (2012, million) 30†† 1.3, 1.5, 1.1
IDP households w. ‘acceptable’ food consumption, N, S, W Darfur (%, IDP) 16‡‡ 60; 67; 51
HHs who cannot afford minimum healthy food basket N, S, W (%, IDP) 16‡‡ 67; 32; 67