Table 2 Description of results and recommendations for reviewed surveys
|
No. (Ref) | Time | Place |
CMR (per 10,000 per day) |
U5MR (per 10,000 per day) |
GAM (WHO) |
SAM (WHO) | Recommendations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
(14) | June 2008 | Kibua |
0.38 [0.18-0.58] |
1.10 [0.45-1.76] |
4.8% [3.2-6.3] |
0.5% [0.1-1.0] |
◦ Community awareness about key themes in nutrition and encourage them to visit the NGO for preventive consultations ◦ Support the implementation of food security assessment to improve food production and diversity ◦ Put in place a nutritional education system ◦ Reinforce routine vaccination activities ◦ Put in place comprehensive management of acute malnutrition in health centers. ◦ Improve the sources of potable water |
|
2
(15) | July 2008 | Binza |
0.53 [0.30-0.76] |
0.88 [0.25-1.51] |
5.1% [3.3-7.0] |
1.0% [0.3-1.7] |
◦ Continue activities for moderate malnutrition to prevent the risk of severe malnutrition ◦ Provide breastfeeding and nutritional counselling ◦ Support routine vaccination activities and distribution of vitamin A ◦ Improve the overall health status of the population |
|
3
(16) | July-August 2008 | Nyanzale, Birambizo |
0.48 [0.22-1.05] |
1.08 [0.37-3.14] |
2.6% [1.4-4.5] |
0.9% [0.4-2.4] |
◦ Repeat the nutritional assessment the following year at the same time using the same methodology ◦ Active screening of children's nutritional status ◦ Put in place a prospective surveillance system for morbidity and mortality ◦ Strengthen routine measles immunization strategies ◦ Alert authorities to an abnormal increase in the number of cases of malaria, diarrhea and measles ◦ Community awareness campaign about the NGOs activities |