Nutritional assessment of children in drought-affected areas - Haiti, 1990. From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | Date: April 5, 1991 | COPYRIGHT 1991 U.S. Government Printing Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

From January through June 1990, a drought occurred in the Caribbean nation of Haiti. To determine whether the nutritional status of young children had been affected by drought-related reductions in food supply, in September 1990 a nutrition survey was conducted in the five departments most affected Nord-Ouest, Nord, Nord-Est, Artibonite, and Centre) of Haiti's nine departments (Figure 1).

A multistage 30-cluster survey was conducted using sampling methods modified from t...