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Preliminary report on nutrition & mortality survey in Bulehora woreda of Borena zone, Oromia region, 2011

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Id	EPHI-DS0306
Name	Preliminary report on nutrition & mortality survey in Bulehora woreda of Borena zone, Oromia region, 2011
Format	. SAV
Coverage Location	Zonal
Coverage Sex	Both
Abstract	This survey was conducted in Oromia Region, Borena Zone, Bulehora woreda by Goal Ethiopia among in selected clusters among children aged of 6 and 59 months. The objective of this survey was to estimate of 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 to assess the food security situation among children aged 6 to 59 months. The findings of this survey revealed the following. A total of 10.5 % of them were classified as global acute malnutrition (GAM), which includes 1.2 % of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM). The crude mortality rate and under-five mortality rate were estimated at 0.02 and 0.13 deaths/10,000/day respectively. About 34.5 % of the children suffered from diarrhea, 25.0 % from cough, and 14.3 % from fever. The percentage of children vaccinated against measles by card, TB (BCG) by scar, and received vitamin A in last 6 months were 1.6 %, 11.8 %, and 68.1 % of the respondents respectively.
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Keywords	Nutrition malnutrition acute malnutrition vaccination measles TB water survey preliminary report Bulehora woreda Borena Zone Oromiya region
Recommended	Yes
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Cleaned Format	. csdb
RawFormat	. csdb
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Date Data Collection Started	2011-02-24
Date Data Collection End	2011-03-09
Title	Preliminary report on nutrition & mortality survey in Bulehora woreda of Borena zone, Oromiya region, 2011
Data Type	Survey
PublicationYear	2000
SugestedCitation	no
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Description	The 2011 preliminary dataset on the nutrition survey was conducted by Goal Ethiopia using a two-stage cluster sampling approach in Bulehora woreda of Borena Zone Oromia region among 701 households and 504 children aged 6-59 months conducted between February 24 to March 9, 2011. The dataset 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 of 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 (or 65-<110cm in height).
Dataset study design	Cross-sectional survey
Date Data Archived	2021-07-10
Date Data Cataloged	2021-08-14
Data Generating Unit	GOAL Ethiopia
URL	https://rtds.ephi.gov.et/public/showdetail/306
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