Introduction: Exclusive breast feeding for the first 6months, continued breast feeding for 2 years and appropriate complementary feeding can reduce child mortality by over 13%. Though millennium development goals were set ...

A prevalence study was done on a sample of 169 pre-school children in a rural area in Kigezi, about 3½ miles from Kabale. The objective was to find whether there was an association between malnutrition and intestinal worm ...

Purpose: To assess the nutrition status of children aged between 6 – 59 months and associated factors among returnee households in Pader district. Methodology: A cross sectional study design was used. A sample size of 406 ...

Introduction and Background: Under-five mortality in Sub Saharan Africa is twice as high as in any other region of the world. In Uganda, SAM affects 2% of children and more than 40% of acutely malnourished children are ...

Background; Children under two years admitted with malnutrition often gain weight inadequately with more than 90% of the children failing to gain adequate weight at discharge. This study investigated factors that influence ...

Introduction: Undernutrition is unacceptably high in developing countries such as Uganda. For instance, stunting levels were at 33% in 2011 and were worse in rural areas such as Lamwo district with an even higher prevalence ...

Introduction: Inadequate meal frequency for infants and young children among refugees is high, which is a risk factor for under nutrition, increasing morbidity and mortality among children. The study was to establish meal ...

Introduction: Refugees are vulnerable to household food insecurity owing to up rootedness. Displacement is a major shock for people and is often associated with breakdown in livelihoods and loss of entitlements leading to ...

Introduction: Infant and young child feeding has been known to compromise the health of children among which complementary feeding plays a major part. Even communities that have performed adequately in breast feeding have ...

Introduction: Poor nutrition status in HIV positive individuals is a public health problem that could impact their survival. Although studies have established that RUTF is highly efficacious in management of malnutrition, ...