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Full scale nutrition survey in Mekidella woreda, south Wollo zone of Amhara region date of survey, 2008

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Id	EPHI-DS0379
Name	Full scale nutrition survey in Mekidella woreda, south Wollo zone of Amhara region date of survey, 2008
Format	.CSV
Coverage Location	Zonal
Coverage Sex	Both
Abstract	This survey was conducted in the Amhara region of Mekidella woreda in the South Wollo 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 classified as global acute malnutrition (GAM), and 1.6 % of children were severe acute malnutrition (SAM). The crude mortality rate and under-five mortality rates were estimated at 0.22 and 0.23 deaths/10,000/day respectively. About 33.5 % of the children suffered from diarrhea, 25.8 % from cough (ARI), and 112.1 % 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 13.8 %, 43.6 %, and 76.8 % of the respondents respectively.
Additional Material	No
Keywords	Nutrition malnutrition global acute malnutrition acute malnutrition vaccination measles BCG survey Mekidella woreda south Wollo zone Amhara region
Recommended	Yes
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Cleaned	Yes
Cleaned Format	. csdb
RawFormat	. csdb
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Date Data Collection Started	2008-11-25
Date Data Collection End	2008-12-07
Title	Full scale nutrition survey in Mekidella woreda, south Wollo zone of Amhara region date of survey, 2008
Data Type	Survey
PublicationYear	2000
SugestedCitation	no
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Description	This dataset on nutrition survey in Mekidella woredas of South Wollo zone of Amhara region was conducted by Goal Ethiopia using a two-stage cluster sampling approach among 684 children between November 25th to December 7, 2008. 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 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	2022-03-17
Data Generating Unit	GOAL Ethiopia
URL	https://rtds.ephi.gov.et/public/showdetail/379
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