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Risk Factors Associated With Poor Health Outcomes For Children Under The Age Of 5 With Moderate Acute Malnutrition In Rural Fagita Lekoma District, Awi Zone, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2016, W/Amilak Adamu, Dube Jara, Mulunesh Alemayehu, Sahai Burrowes
Risk Factors Associated With Poor Health Outcomes For Children Under The Age Of 5 With Moderate Acute Malnutrition In Rural Fagita Lekoma District, Awi Zone, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2016, W/Amilak Adamu, Dube Jara, Mulunesh Alemayehu, Sahai Burrowes
Background: Left untreated, moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) in children can lead to severe acute malnutrition, stunting, developmental delays, and death. Despite recent progress the prevalence of malnutrition remains high throughout Ethiopia. The ability to make accurate prognoses and develop effective treatment strategies for children with MAM is currently limited and, as result, a significant proportion of children with MAM fail to recover even with treatment. We seek to address this limitation by assessing the risk factors for poor outcomes among children under the age of 5 with MAM in a rural area of Ethiopia’s Amhara Region. This region is …