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Nutrition Assessment of Under-Five Children in Sudan: Tracking the Achievement of the Global Nutrition Targets
Background: Malnutrition places a heavy burden on the health, well-being, and sustainable development of populations in Sudan, especially a country affected by conflict, which continues to experience high levels of food insecurity, undernutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies; 3.3 million are acut...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8147258/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34062925 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8050363 |
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author | Abu-Manga, Mohamed Al-Jawaldeh, Ayoub Qureshi, Abdul Baseer Ali, Amira M. Elmunier Pizzol, Damiano Dureab, Fekri |
author_facet | Abu-Manga, Mohamed Al-Jawaldeh, Ayoub Qureshi, Abdul Baseer Ali, Amira M. Elmunier Pizzol, Damiano Dureab, Fekri |
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description | Background: Malnutrition places a heavy burden on the health, well-being, and sustainable development of populations in Sudan, especially a country affected by conflict, which continues to experience high levels of food insecurity, undernutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies; 3.3 million are acutely malnourished, with 522,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition and approximately 2.2 million children requiring treatment for moderate acute malnutrition. This study aims to describe the nutritional status of children under five years old and identify the progress toward the achievement of the Global Nutrition Targets. Methods: This is a secondary data analysis of a quantitative survey, using the second-round of the Simple Spatial Survey Method (S3M II) in Sudan in the period 2018–2019. The analysis used an area-based sampling methodology in all 18 Sudanese states. Data from the WHO Tracking Tools of the Global Nutrition Targets was used to reflect the progress in achieving the targets in Sudan. Results: Global stunting prevalence was at 36.35 percent including moderate stunting prevalence and severe stunting prevalence (21.25 percent and 15.06 percent respectively). Global wasting prevalence was 13.6 percent including moderate wasting prevalence and severe wasting prevalence (10.8 percent and 2.7 percent respectively). Sudan has made great progress in achieving the target of increasing exclusive breastfeeding. However, despite the welcome commitments by the Government and all stakeholders, Sudan is still struggling to implement strategies, policies, and regulatory measures to address malnutrition and achieve the Global Nutrition Targets in 2025 and the Sustainable Developmental Goals in 2030. Therefore, more than ever, there is a need for comprehensive, multi-sectoral action to address malnutrition in all its forms. |
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spelling | pubmed-81472582021-05-26 Nutrition Assessment of Under-Five Children in Sudan: Tracking the Achievement of the Global Nutrition Targets Abu-Manga, Mohamed Al-Jawaldeh, Ayoub Qureshi, Abdul Baseer Ali, Amira M. Elmunier Pizzol, Damiano Dureab, Fekri Children (Basel) Article Background: Malnutrition places a heavy burden on the health, well-being, and sustainable development of populations in Sudan, especially a country affected by conflict, which continues to experience high levels of food insecurity, undernutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies; 3.3 million are acutely malnourished, with 522,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition and approximately 2.2 million children requiring treatment for moderate acute malnutrition. This study aims to describe the nutritional status of children under five years old and identify the progress toward the achievement of the Global Nutrition Targets. Methods: This is a secondary data analysis of a quantitative survey, using the second-round of the Simple Spatial Survey Method (S3M II) in Sudan in the period 2018–2019. The analysis used an area-based sampling methodology in all 18 Sudanese states. Data from the WHO Tracking Tools of the Global Nutrition Targets was used to reflect the progress in achieving the targets in Sudan. Results: Global stunting prevalence was at 36.35 percent including moderate stunting prevalence and severe stunting prevalence (21.25 percent and 15.06 percent respectively). Global wasting prevalence was 13.6 percent including moderate wasting prevalence and severe wasting prevalence (10.8 percent and 2.7 percent respectively). Sudan has made great progress in achieving the target of increasing exclusive breastfeeding. However, despite the welcome commitments by the Government and all stakeholders, Sudan is still struggling to implement strategies, policies, and regulatory measures to address malnutrition and achieve the Global Nutrition Targets in 2025 and the Sustainable Developmental Goals in 2030. Therefore, more than ever, there is a need for comprehensive, multi-sectoral action to address malnutrition in all its forms. MDPI 2021-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8147258/ /pubmed/34062925 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8050363 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Abu-Manga, Mohamed Al-Jawaldeh, Ayoub Qureshi, Abdul Baseer Ali, Amira M. Elmunier Pizzol, Damiano Dureab, Fekri Nutrition Assessment of Under-Five Children in Sudan: Tracking the Achievement of the Global Nutrition Targets |
title | Nutrition Assessment of Under-Five Children in Sudan: Tracking the Achievement of the Global Nutrition Targets |
title_full | Nutrition Assessment of Under-Five Children in Sudan: Tracking the Achievement of the Global Nutrition Targets |
title_fullStr | Nutrition Assessment of Under-Five Children in Sudan: Tracking the Achievement of the Global Nutrition Targets |
title_full_unstemmed | Nutrition Assessment of Under-Five Children in Sudan: Tracking the Achievement of the Global Nutrition Targets |
title_short | Nutrition Assessment of Under-Five Children in Sudan: Tracking the Achievement of the Global Nutrition Targets |
title_sort | nutrition assessment of under-five children in sudan: tracking the achievement of the global nutrition targets |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8147258/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34062925 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8050363 |
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