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Preliminary report of end line nutrition survey in Damot Pulassa woreda of Wolayta zone SNNPR, 2010

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Id	EPHI-DS0388
Name	Preliminary report of end line nutrition survey in Damot Pulassa woreda of Wolayta zone SNNPR, 2010
Format	. SAV
Coverage Location	Zonal
Coverage Sex	Both
Abstract	This survey was conducted in the south nation nationalities and people’s region of Damot Pulassa woredas in Wolaita zone conducted 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 issues. The prevalence of acute malnutrition based on weight-for-height z-scores was 4.0 % of them were classified as global acute malnutrition (GAM), 3.5 % of them were moderate and 0.6 % of children were severe acute malnutrition (SAM). The crude mortality rate and the under-five children mortality were 0.17 and 0.38 deaths per death/10,000/day. About 23 % of the children suffered from diarrhea, 7 % from cough (ARI), and 24 % 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 12.4 %, 63.7 %, and 92.8 % of the respondents respectively.
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Keywords	Nutrition malnutrition global acute malnutrition acute malnutrition vaccination measles BCG survey Damot Pulassa woreda west Wolayta zone
Recommended	Yes
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Cleaned	Yes
Cleaned Format	. csdb
RawFormat	. csdb
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Date Data Collection Started	2010-06-08
Date Data Collection End	2010-06-20
Title	Preliminary report of end line nutrition survey in Damot Pulassa woreda of Wolayta zone SNNP region, 2010
Data Type	Survey
PublicationYear	2000
SugestedCitation	no
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Description	This dataset on preliminary nutrition survey in Damot Pulassa woredas of Wolayta zone of Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples' Region was conducted by Goal Ethiopia using a two-stage cluster sampling approach among 523 children and 497 June 8th to June 20th, 2010. The dataset captures information on the prevalence of global acute malnutrition or nutritional status by measuring MUAC, morbidity status, health-seeking condition, child vaccination, and supplementation include vaccinated against measles, BCG (TB), 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	2022-04-30
Data Generating Unit	GOAL Ethiopia
URL	https://rtds.ephi.gov.et/public/showdetail/388
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