@article{10.11648/j.sjph.20190702.11,
  author = {Ibrahim Ismail Mohammed Abu and Kamil Mohammed Ahmed and Khalid Fadl Alla Khalid and Abdelbabgi El fadil and Ahmed Abdella Mohammed Osman and Malaz Elbashir Ahmed and Nada Mohamed Ali Alnair},
  title = {Malnutrition Among Under-five Children in Tawila Administrative Unit (TAU) at Tawila Locality in North Darfur State in Sudan, 2017},
  journal = {Science Journal of Public Health},
  volume = {7},
  number = {2},
  pages = {31-37},
  doi = {10.11648/j.sjph.20190702.11},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.sjph.20190702.11},
  eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.sjph.20190702.11},
  abstract = {Malnutrition in all its forms is still a major public health problem in the world, especially in developing countries, including Sudan. It’s an underlying factor in over 50% of deaths in children under five years of age who die each year from preventable causes. Malnutrition prevents children from reaching their full physical and mental potential. The Specific objective of this paper was to determine the magnitude of malnutrition among children aged 6-59 months in Tawila Administrative Unit (TAU) in Tawila locality in North Darfur State at Sudan, 2017. This paper was comparative cross-sectional community-based study applied the quantitative research method. Five-hundred and ninety seven children at the age ranged between 6-59-month were studied. To assess the malnutrition status of the children under the study, anthropometric measurements for height, weight and edema examination were applied. The collected data analyzed by using Epidemiological Information (Epi-Info), emergency nutritional assessment software version 11 (ENA). The anthropometric result was classification based on WHO standard, 2006. The results showed that the prevalence rate of wasting was 14.7% (10.4 - 20.4 95% C.I.), stunting was 48.9% (44.1 - 53.8 95% C.I.) and underweight was 35.6% (30.4 - 41.1 95% C.I.). Male children and those aged between (12 -23 months) are at higher risk of acute malnutrition and those aged (12-35 month) are at higher risk to stunting and underweight. The study concluded that the malnutrition is an important major public health problem among under five children ages in Tawila locality. Under-five children in Tawila locality suffer high rates of malnutrition. Therefore, health facility-based interventions, community-based program, nutritional education programs are strongly recommended in Tawila locality. In addition to that ensuring food security including the availability and adequacy of general rations (including iodized salt and fortified grain/cereals).},
 year = {2019}
}

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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Malnutrition Among Under-five Children in Tawila Administrative Unit (TAU) at Tawila Locality in North Darfur State in Sudan, 2017
AU  - Ibrahim Ismail Mohammed Abu
AU  - Kamil Mohammed Ahmed
AU  - Khalid Fadl Alla Khalid
AU  - Abdelbabgi El fadil
AU  - Ahmed Abdella Mohammed Osman
AU  - Malaz Elbashir Ahmed
AU  - Nada Mohamed Ali Alnair
Y1  - 2019/04/08
PY  - 2019
N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.sjph.20190702.11
DO  - 10.11648/j.sjph.20190702.11
T2  - Science Journal of Public Health
JF  - Science Journal of Public Health
JO  - Science Journal of Public Health
SP  - 31
EP  - 37
PB  - Science Publishing Group
SN  - 2328-7950
UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.sjph.20190702.11
AB  - Malnutrition in all its forms is still a major public health problem in the world, especially in developing countries, including Sudan. It’s an underlying factor in over 50% of deaths in children under five years of age who die each year from preventable causes. Malnutrition prevents children from reaching their full physical and mental potential. The Specific objective of this paper was to determine the magnitude of malnutrition among children aged 6-59 months in Tawila Administrative Unit (TAU) in Tawila locality in North Darfur State at Sudan, 2017. This paper was comparative cross-sectional community-based study applied the quantitative research method. Five-hundred and ninety seven children at the age ranged between 6-59-month were studied. To assess the malnutrition status of the children under the study, anthropometric measurements for height, weight and edema examination were applied. The collected data analyzed by using Epidemiological Information (Epi-Info), emergency nutritional assessment software version 11 (ENA). The anthropometric result was classification based on WHO standard, 2006. The results showed that the prevalence rate of wasting was 14.7% (10.4 - 20.4 95% C.I.), stunting was 48.9% (44.1 - 53.8 95% C.I.) and underweight was 35.6% (30.4 - 41.1 95% C.I.). Male children and those aged between (12 -23 months) are at higher risk of acute malnutrition and those aged (12-35 month) are at higher risk to stunting and underweight. The study concluded that the malnutrition is an important major public health problem among under five children ages in Tawila locality. Under-five children in Tawila locality suffer high rates of malnutrition. Therefore, health facility-based interventions, community-based program, nutritional education programs are strongly recommended in Tawila locality. In addition to that ensuring food security including the availability and adequacy of general rations (including iodized salt and fortified grain/cereals).
VL  - 7
IS  - 2
ER  - 

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