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A PhD TPR on synthesising the present evidence of the triple Burden of Malnutrition among children in Sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries.
Abstract
Nutrition issues have progressed beyond the increasingly common indicators of poor nutrition, such as being underweight or obese, to now refer to a double or triple burden of malnutrition. Malnutrition, in all its forms, causes a high mortality rate, a lengthy hospital stay, and high health care costs. Ethiopia could have a high prevalence of multiple forms of malnutrition coexisting within the same region, requiring policymakers to identify effective area-specific public health policies to address various forms of malnutrition concurrently.
We would like to synthesise the present evidence of the triple Burden of Malnutrition among children in Sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries. We also planned to map the spatial distribution of the triple burden of malnutrition in Ethiopia, investigate socioeconomic factors, and measure the effects of malnutrition on children's academic performance. We will also employ decomposition analysis to identify causes of changes in prevalence of micronutrient deficiency.
Speaker Bio
Getenet Dessie is a PhD student at department of Health Economics, Wellbeing, and Society of National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health. Getenet is supervised by Dr. Tinh Doan, A/Prof. Son Nghiem, and Dr. Jinhu. Getenet earned BSc Degree in nursing, MSc in adult health nursing and MPH in Epidemiology before starting his PhD. Getenet worked full-time at college of medicine and health science, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia.