descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 23 Nov 2010 English Publisher:Oxford University Press (OUP)Journal:Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, volume 57, pages 389-391 (issn: 0142-6338, eissn: 1465-3664,

Authors: Rebecca F. Grais; Maria Masferrer; Jean-François Saint-Sauveur; Emmanuelle Espié; Carme Roure Pujol; Pedro Pablo Palma Urrutia;

doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmq107

pmid: 21098554

Acute Malnutrition and Under-5 Mortality, Northeastern Part of India

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We assessed the prevalence of childhood acute malnutrition and under-five mortality rate (U5MR) in Darbhanga district, India, using a two-stage 49-cluster household survey. A total of 1379 households comprising 8473 people were interviewed. During a 90-day recall period, U5MR was 0.5 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.2-1.4] per 10,000 per day. The prevalence of global acute malnutrition among 1405 children aged 6-59 months was 15.4% (NCHS) and 19.4% (2006 WHO references). This survey suggests that in Darbhanga district, the population is in a borderline food crisis with few food resources. Appropriate strategies should be developed to improve the overall nutritional and health status of children.

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Male, Malnutrition, India, Infant, Nutrition Surveys, Health Surveys, Child, Preschool, Child Mortality, Infant Mortality, Prevalence, Humans, Female, Child Malnutrition

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