| dc.description.abstract | Background: Globally, approximately 200 deaths per 100,000 in children below five years are due to under nutrition (GBD, 2018). In South East Asia, under nutrition is a leading public health problem particularly in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India (Akhtar et al, 2018). Moreso, 428 deaths per 100,000 in children below five years in Pakistan were due to under nutrition (GBD, 2018). In developing countries like Burkina Faso, malnutrition especially underweight among children below five years is more prevalent (MoH Burkina Faso, 2019). In Africa, an estimated 13.4million children under-five years of age, or 8.5%, were wasted in 2017 and these children are at substantial increased risk of SAM and death. In Africa, the estimated prevalence under-five
overweight increased from 4% in 1990 to 7% in 2017.
Objectives: To determine the proportion of underweight children less than five years in Munuki primary health care center, Munuki Payam south Sudan, to establish caregivers demographic factors associated underweight in children less than five years in Munuki primary health care center, Munuki Payam south Sudan, to determine household food security factors associated with underweight in children less than five years in Munuki primary health care center, Munuki Payam south Sudan.
Results: Most of the respondents 56.9% were mothers to the children, 96.8% of the respondents were caretakers of the children by the interview period. Majority of the children 70.1% had their child‘s immunization cards or birth certificates or baptism card used to determine the date of birth, one third, 46.6% of the children were aged 6-11 months. Regarding gender of the child, 61.6% were male, 46.3% of the children were second born, 66.4% of the children had birth interval of at least two years from the older siblings. On birth weight, 59.5% of the children had birth weight of at-least 2.5 kg.
Conclusion and recommendation : The prevalence of underweight among children below five years was high at 65.9%. Younger age, being male, having at-least 2 years birth interval were negatively associated with underweight among children below five years. Low level of maternal education were negatively associated with underweight among children below five years
Having no readily available food, having no access to food throughout the years and not eating all type of food were associated with increased chance of underweight among children below five years in this study. Strengthen routine expanded program of vaccination at community level. | en_US |
