Primary Objectives:
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Assess the prevalence of (acute) malnutrition amongst children aged 6 -59 months (magnitude & Distribution)
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Determine retrospective Crude Death Rate (CDR) and Under-Five Death Rate (U5DR) based on recall period.
Secondary objectives: -
Determine morbidity rate among children aged 6 – 59 months
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Estimate coverage with measles vaccination and Vitamin A supplementation
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Assess water and sanitation, household food security factors that may contribute to malnutrition in children.
Methodology:
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A two-stage probability proportionate to size (PPS) cluster sampling protocol, based on Standardized Monitoring and assessment of Relief and Transitions (SMART) Methodology was used.
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Retrospective mortality data for 93 days recall period prior to the assessments was also collected among all sampled IDPs,
Urban and Rural households respectively.