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The Prevalence of Malnutrition Among Children Under 5 years of Age and Associated Factors in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Authors
 Mulondanyi, Guellord Banyawa 
College
 Graduate School of Public Health (보건대학원) 
Department
 Graduate School of Public Health (보건대학원) 
Degree
석사
Issue Date
2022-02
Abstract
Abstract “The Prevalence of Malnutrition Among Children Under 5 Years of Age and Associated Factors in Democratic Republic of the Congo” Background: The child malnutrition, with high prevalence in low-income and middle-income countries, is responsible of substantial increases in mortality and overall disease burden. In Sub-Saharan Africa countries, child malnutrition is associated with approximately 60 percent of under-five mortality. In DRC, studies focused on the prevalence of malnutrition among under-five children and the factors associated are quasi-inexistent. Hence, the present study was carried out not only to find out the matter but also to fill the gap of insufficient in publication on this topic. Methods: A quantitative-based cross-sectional design using secondary data from the sample for the MICS-PALU, DRC 2017-2018, which was designed by UNICEF. A total of 21477 under-five children was concerned by the study and descriptive analysis using percent and frequency was calculated for the 2 anthropometric indicators: weight for age and height for age; the regression analysis to identify factors associated with the malnutrition in children under 5 years old and bivariable and multivariable logistic regression were used to identify the risk factors related to malnutrition in the 26 provinces of DRC. Results: The prevalence of stunting and malnutrition is 43,1 and 24% respectively. 3 years old children, mostly male, are more concerned. The high proportion of stunting and malnutrition is found in the west part of the DR Congo. The vaccination is not a predictor for stunting and malnutrition but living in a rural area, having an illiterate mother and weighting less than 4 kgs are associated factors for the stunting and malnutrition. Conclusion: 43,1% of under-five children were stunted and 24% of them, malnourished in DR Congo. 3 years’ children have a high proportion of stunting (2.7 times) than children of 0 year, following by children of 4 years age group who were 2.5 times stunted than o year age group children in urban area. Contrariwise, the same age groups were respectively 2.7 and 2.8 times more malnourished than 0 year of age children in rural areas. The underlying factors such as child gender especially male, child weight, child from illiterate mother, being from a rural area, from the western part of the country or not having health insurance, not being breastfed, and not having been managed for a minor illness as well as using the unimproved water source for drinking have been associated with the malnutrition and stunting in DR Congo.
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