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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Nutr.
Sec. Nutritional Epidemiology
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1369419

Time to Recovery from Moderate Acute Malnutrition and Its Predictors among Children Aged 6-59 Months in Fedis Woreda, East Hararghe Zone, Eastern Ethiopia

Provisionally accepted
Belay Negash Belay Negash 1Dawit Firdisa Dawit Firdisa 1*Berhanu Melaku Berhanu Melaku 1Monas Kitesa Monas Kitesa 2Obsan Kassa Obsan Kassa 1Jerman Dereje Jerman Dereje 3Reta Kefelegn Reta Kefelegn 1Berhe Gebremichael Berhe Gebremichael 1
  • 1 School of Public Health, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
  • 2 School of Pharmacy, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia
  • 3 Department of Psychiatry, School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Harari Region, Ethiopia

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    Background: Acute malnutrition is a major global public health problem, particularly in low-and middle-income countries. A targeted supplementary feeding program is an approach recommended to address moderate acute malnutrition in food-insecure settings. Preventing and treating moderate acute malnutrition requires identifying factors shown to affect the treatment outcome and duration of stay on treatment. This study aimed to determine the time to recovery from moderate acute malnutrition and its predictors among children aged 6-59 months in Fedis Woreda East Hararghe

    Keywords: time to recovery, Moderate acute malnutrition, targeted supplementary feeding program, East Hararghe, Eastern Ethiopia

    Received: 24 Jan 2024; Accepted: 29 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Negash, Firdisa, Melaku, Kitesa, Kassa, Dereje, Kefelegn and Gebremichael. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Dawit Firdisa, School of Public Health, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

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