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Full scale nutrition survey in Damot Gale woreda, Wolayita zone, SNNP region (Preliminary report), March 2009

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Id	EPHI-DS0312
Name	Full scale nutrition survey in Damot Gale woreda, Wolayita zone, SNNP region (Preliminary report), March 2009
Format	. SAV
Coverage Location	Zonal
Coverage Sex	Both
Abstract	This survey was conducted in the SNNP Region, Wolayita Zone Bulehora woreda by Goal Ethiopia among selected clusters among 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 9.6 % of them were classified as global acute malnutrition (GAM), which includes 0.7 % of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM). The crude mortality rate and the under-five mortality rate were estimated at 0.23 and 1.22 deaths/10,000/day respectively. About 26.7 % of the children suffered from diarrhea, 13.9 % from cough, and 31.0 % from fever. The percentage of children vaccinated against measles by card, TB (BCG) by scar, and who received vitamin A in last 6 months were 14.8 %, 64.8 %, and 92.0 % of the respondents respectively.
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Keywords	Nutrition malnutrition acute malnutrition vaccination measles TB water survey preliminary report Damot Gale Woreda West Wolayita Zone
Recommended	Yes
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Cleaned	Yes
Cleaned Format	. csdb
RawFormat	. csdb
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Date Data Collection Started	2009-03-23
Date Data Collection End	2009-03-29
Title	Full scale nutrition survey in Damot Gale woreda, Wolayita zone, SNNP region (Preliminary report), March, 2009
Data Type	Survey
PublicationYear	2000
SugestedCitation	NO
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Description	The 2009 preliminary dataset on the nutrition survey was conducted by Goal Ethiopia using a two-stage cluster sampling approach in Bulehora woreda of Wolayita Zone of SNNP region among 688 children aged 6-59 months conducted between March 23 to March 29, 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 (or 65-<110cm in height).
Dataset study design	Cross-sectional survey
Date Data Archived	2021-07-10
Date Data Cataloged	2021-09-28
Data Generating Unit	GOAL Ethiopia
URL	https://rtds.ephi.gov.et/public/showdetail/312
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