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Preliminary nutrition survey report of Dillo and Megado kebele (settlement areas), of Dire woreda Borena zone of Oromia region, 2007

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Id	EPHI-DS0377
Name	Preliminary nutrition survey report of Dillo and Megado kebele (settlement areas), of Dire woreda Borena zone of Oromia region, 2007
Format	.CSV
Coverage Location	Zonal
Coverage Sex	Both
Abstract	This survey was conducted in the Oromia region of Dillo and Megado kebeles of Dire woredas in Birena zone by Goal Ethiopia among selected clusters of household 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. The prevalence of acute malnutrition based on weight-for-height z-scores was 13.5 % of them were classified as global acute malnutrition (GAM), 13.5 % as moderate acute malnutrition, and none of them were severe acute malnutrition (SAM). The crude mortality rate and under-five mortality rates were estimated at 0.54 and 1.56 deaths/10,000/day, respectively. About 50 % of the children suffered from diarrhea, 4.5 % from cough (ARI), 9.1% Scabies, and 9.1 % 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 10.4 %, 62.2 %, and 90.3 % of the respondents, respectively.
Additional Material	No
Keywords	Nutrition malnutrition global acute malnutrition acute malnutrition vaccination measles BCG survey Dire woreda Borena Zone Oromia Region
Recommended	Yes
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Cleaned	Yes
Cleaned Format	. csdb
RawFormat	. csdb
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Date Data Collection Started	2007-07-09
Date Data Collection End	2007-07-14
Title	Preliminary nutrition survey report of Dillo and Megado kebele (settlement areas), of Dire woreda Borena zone of Oromia region, 2007
Data Type	Survey
PublicationYear	2000
SugestedCitation	no
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Description	This dataset on the standard nutrition survey in Dillo and Megado kebele of Dire woredas in Birena zone of Oromia region was conducted by Goal Ethiopia using a two-stage cluster sampling approach among 185 children from July 9 up to July 24, 2007. It captures information on the prevalence of global acute malnutrition or nutritional status by measuring MUAC, morbidity status, health-seeking condition, child vaccination, and supplementation includes vaccinated against measles, BCG (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 data set 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	2022-03-17
Data Generating Unit	GOAL Ethiopia
URL	https://rtds.ephi.gov.et/public/showdetail/377
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