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Standard nutrition survey in Boke Woreda of West Hararghe Zone, Oromiya Region, 2010


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Id EPHI-DS0298
Name Standard nutrition survey in Boke Woreda of West Hararghe Zone, Oromiya Region, 2010
Format .dta
Coverage Location Zonal
Coverage Sex Both
Abstract

This survey was conducted in Oromia Region, Boke Woreda, of  West Hararghe Zone by Goal Ethiopia among in selected clusters among 674 children aged of 6 and 59 months. The objective of this survey was to estimate the prevalence of acute and chronic malnutrition, examine the current health status of the survey population by considering mortality and morbidity rates and child vitamin A supplementation and vaccination status, and assess the food security situation among children aged 6 to 59 months. The findings of this survey revealed the following.

  1. A total of 7.6 % of them were classified as global acute malnutrition (GAM), which includes 0.3 % of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM). The crude mortality rate and under-five mortality rate were estimated at 0.1 and 0.3 deaths/10,000/day respectively.
  2. About 26.1% of the children suffered from diarrhea, 37.2 % from cough, and 8.3 % from fever. The percentage of children vaccinated against measles by card, TB (BCG), and who received vitamin A in last 6 months were 4.2%, 39 %, and 77.9 % of the respondents respectively.
Additional Material No
Keywords
  • Standard nutrition survey
  • Boke Woreda
  • West Hararghe Zone
  • Oromiya Region
Recommended Yes
Location
Cleaned Yes
Cleaned Format . csdb
RawFormat . csdb
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Date Data Collection Started 2010-01-12
Date Data Collection End 2010-01-25
Title Standard nutrition survey in Boke Woreda of West Hararghe Zone, Oromiya Region, 2010
Data Type Survey
PublicationYear 2000
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Description

The 2010 dataset on the nutrition survey conducted by Goal Ethiopia using a two-stage cluster sampling approach in Boke Woreda, of  West Hararghe Zone  Oromia region among 674 children aged 6-59 months conducted between January 12 to January 25, 2010.

The data set captures information on the prevalence of global acute malnutrition or nutritional status, morbidity status, health-seeking condition,  child vaccination, and supplementation includes vaccinated against measles, TB, and Vitamin A supplementation, household characteristics including the condition of food security, accessibility to water, and community discussion which includes the level of access to health facilities, condition of the pasture, availability of water for livestock, and the condition of livestock. Generally, the objective of the survey was to estimate the prevalence of acute and chronic malnutrition, examine the current health status of the survey population by considering mortality and morbidity rates and child vitamin A supplementation and vaccination status, and assess the food security situation among children aged 6 to 59 months (65-<110cm in height).

Dataset study design Cross-sectional survey
Date Data Archived 2021-07-10
Date Data Cataloged 2021-08-07
Data Generating Unit GOAL Ethiopia
URL https://rtds.ephi.gov.et/public/showdetail/298

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