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Full scale nutrition survey in Boke Woreda, West Hararghe Zone, Oromyia Region (preliminary report), 2009

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Id	EPHI-DS0299
Name	Full scale nutrition survey in Boke Woreda, West Hararghe Zone, Oromyia Region (preliminary report), 2009
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 selected clusters among 622 children aged 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. A total of 16.4 % of them were classified as global acute malnutrition (GAM), which includes 1.4 % of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM). The crude mortality rate and under-five mortality rate were estimated at 0.4 and 1.01 deaths/10,000/day respectively. About 61.8 % of the children suffered from diarrhea, 16.0 % from cough, and 9.7 % from fever. The percentage of children vaccinated against measles by card, TB (BCG), and who received vitamin A in the last 6 months were 1.4 %, 34.4 %, and 36.9 % of the respondents respectively.
Additional Material	No
Keywords	nutrition survey Boke Woreda West Hararghe Zone Oromiya Region
Recommended	Yes
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Cleaned	Yes
Cleaned Format	. csdb
RawFormat	. csdb
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Date Data Collection Started	2009-07-22
Date Data Collection End	2009-07-26
Title	Full scale nutrition survey in Boke Woreda, West Hararghe Zone, Oromyia Region (preliminary report), 2009
Data Type	Survey
PublicationYear	2000
SugestedCitation	no
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Description	The 2009 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 622 children aged 6-59 months conducted between July 22 to July 26, 2009. 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/299
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