SynthesisBulletin of the World Health Organization2017
Drought, conflict and children's undernutrition in Ethiopia 2000-2013: a meta-analysis.
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- Conflict and Child Malnutrition: a Systematic Review of the Emerging Quantitative Literature.Current nutrition reports · 2022Pooled it
- Drought and child mortality: a meta-analysis of small-scale surveys from Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2017Pooled it
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- Geo-spatial analysis of high-risk fertility behaviors and child stunting in Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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- Prevalence and multi-level factors associated with acute malnutrition among children aged 6-59 months from war affected communities of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2021: a cross-sectional study.Conflict and health · 2023Article
- The contribution of community health systems to resilience: Case study of the response to the drought in Ethiopia.Journal of global health · 2022Article
- Irrigation improves weight-for-height z-scores of children under five, and Women's and Household Dietary Diversity Scores in Ethiopia and Tanzania.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Article
- Conflict and Climate Factors and the Risk of Child Acute Malnutrition Among Children Aged 24-59 Months: A Comparative Analysis of Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda.Spatial demography · 2022Article
- Stunting and associated factors among 6-23 month old children in drought vulnerable kebeles of Demba Gofa district, southern Ethiopia.BMC nutrition · 2022Article
- Mapping the national evidence on double burden of malnutrition in Ethiopia: a protocol of scoping review.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Exploring spatial and temporal drought over the semi-arid Sahibi river basin in Rajasthan, India.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2021Article
- "Strengthening data quality and reporting from small-scale surveys in humanitarian settings: a case study from Yemen, 2011-2019".Conflict and health · 2021Article
- Childhood stunting and associated factors among irrigation and non-irrigation user northwest, Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2021Article
- Disasters, children and the kidneys.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2020Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo estimate the prevalence of childhood wasting and to investigate the effects of drought and conflict on wasting in crisis-affected areas within Ethiopia.
methodsWe searched the Complex Emergency Database for nutrition surveys carried out in Ethiopia over the period 2000-2013. We extracted data on the prevalence of wasting (weight-for-height
findingsFrom the total sample of 175 607 children analysed, the pooled number of children wasted was 21 709. The posterior median prevalence of wasting was 11.0% (95% credible interval, CrI: 10.3-11.7) over the 14-year period. Compared with areas unaffected by drought, the estimated prevalence of wasting was higher in areas affected by moderate levels of drought (posterior odds ratio, OR: 1.34; 95% CrI: 1.05-1.72) but similar in severe drought-affected areas (OR: 0.96; 95% CrI: 0.68-1.35). Although the pooled prevalence of wasting was higher in conflict-affected than unaffected areas, the difference was not plausible (OR: 1.02; 95% CrI: 0.82-1.26).
conclusionDespite an overall declining trend, a wasting problem persists among children in Ethiopia. Conflict events did not have a major impact on childhood wasting. Nutrition interventions should go beyond severe drought-prone areas to incorporate areas where moderate droughts occur.
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