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Standard nutrition survey in Damot Gale Woreda of Wolayita zone, SNNP region, 2010

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Id	EPHI-DS0314
Name	Standard nutrition survey in Damot Gale Woreda of Wolayita zone, SNNP region, 2010
Format	. SAV
Coverage Location	Zonal
Coverage Sex	Both
Abstract	This survey was conducted in SNNPR region Damot Gale Woreda of Wolayita zone by Goal Ethiopia among selected clusters of 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 3.8 % of them were classified as global acute malnutrition (GAM), which includes 0.1% of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM). The crude mortality rate and under-five mortality rates were estimated at 0.15 and no deaths per 10,000/day respectively. About 27.7 % of the children suffered from diarrhea, 19.9 % from ARI/ cough, and 21.1 % from fever. The percentage of children vaccinated against measles by card, TB (BCG) by scar, and who received vitamin A in the last 6 months were 12.6 %, 58.8 %, and 91.2 % of the respondents respectively.
Additional Material	No
Keywords	Nutrition malnutrition acute malnutrition vaccination measles TB water survey preliminary report Damot Gale Woreda Gode Zone Somali Region
Recommended	Yes
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Cleaned	Yes
Cleaned Format	. csdb
RawFormat	. csdb
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Date Data Collection Started	2010-03-22
Date Data Collection End	2010-04-02
Title	Standard nutrition survey in Damot Gale Woreda of Wolayita zone, SNNP region, 2010
Data Type	Survey
PublicationYear	2000
SugestedCitation	no
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Description	The 2010 preliminary dataset on the nutrition survey was conducted by Goal Ethiopia using a two-stage cluster sampling approach in Damot Gale Woreda of Wolayita zone of SNNP Region among 680 children aged 6-59 months and conducted between March 22 to April 2, 2010. 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 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). The dataset also incorporated the household’s main livelihood, community discussion regarding health facility time, and water availability for livestock.
Dataset study design	Cross-sectional survey
Date Data Archived	2021-07-10
Date Data Cataloged	2021-10-08
Data Generating Unit	GOAL Ethiopia
URL	https://rtds.ephi.gov.et/public/showdetail/314
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