Burkina Faso Refugee Nutrition Survey from 2015

A 2015 Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey (SENS) conducted in the Goudebou and Mentao refugee camps in Burkina Faso during December. The survey was organized by UNHCR in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, World Food Programme, IEDA Relief, and UNICEF. It provides nutrition data intended to inform timely interventions for populations affected by forced displacement.

Use Cases

• Assess malnutrition prevalence among refugee populations based on survey indicators.
• Monitor the nutritional status of specific demographics (e.g., children) in camp settings.
• Evaluate the impact of food aid and health interventions in refugee camps.
• Model correlations between displacement and nutritional outcomes based on survey data.

Strengths

• Data collected using the standardized UNHCR SENS methodology.
• Survey conducted in two specific refugee camps (Goudebou and Mentao) in December 2015.
• Produced through collaboration between UNHCR, the national Ministry of Health, and major aid organizations (WFP, UNICEF, IEDA Relief).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single survey in 2015.

Provenance

Source

UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

Collection Method

Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey (SENS)

Time Range

December 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-03 14:33:29.363458; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Goudebou and Mentao refugee camps, Burkina Faso