Child nutrition

Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYFC) Practices In Ethiopia and Zambia and Their Association with Child Nutrition: Analysis of Demographic and Health Survey Data
Authors
Disha AD, Rawat R, Subandoro A, and P Menon
Publisher
African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Development
Publication date
Anonymous (not verified) 17 Apr, 2012 16:02
Location
http://www.ajfand.net/Volume12/No2/Disha11320.pdf
Country
Related Model

Data from the 2005 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) and the 2007 Zambia Demographic Health Survey (ZDHS) were analyzed to examine the association between World Health Organization (WHO) recommended IYCF indicators and nutritional status among children 0-23 months of age in Ethiopia and Zambia.  A total of 1810 and 2512 children within this age group from Ethiopia and Zambia, respectively, were included in the analysis. Exclusive breast-feeding among children 0-5.9 months of age is low  in both Ethiopia (43  %) and Zambia (51  %).