Assessing the impacts of home fortification with micronutrient powders on anemia, growth, and diarrhoea in children aged 6 - 24 months living in rural Rwanda

Michaux, Kristina

Publication date

May 2015

Publisher

University of British Columbia Press

Abstract

Rwanda is a country with a high burden of childhood undernutrition with >40% of children 0.05). A sub-group analysis of only children who were anemic at baseline revealed greater Hb concentration in the MNP Group at 6– (mean diff: 0.27 g/dL, 95% CI: 0.06, 0.47, P=0.010) and 12– mo (mean diff: 0.24 g/dL, 95% CI: 0.04, 0.44, P=0.018). Similarly, children in the Comparison Group had higher risk of being anemic at 6– (OR: 1.52, 95% CI: 1.09, 2.08; P<0.05) and 12– mo (OR: 1.35, 95% CI: 0.92, 1.89; P=0.075). At 12–mo, there were no differences in stunting prevalence between groups (P=0.750). Children receiving MNP had lower risk of cough at 6–mo (OR: 0.67, 95% CI: 0.51, 0.88), and fever at 12– mo (OR: 0.71, 95% CI: 0.71, 0.93). These findings s...

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Assessing the impacts of home fortification with micronutrient powders on anemia, growth, and diarrhoea in children aged 6 - 24 months living in rural Rwanda

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Assessing the impacts of home fortification with micronutrient powders on anemia, growth, and diarrhoea in children aged 6 - 24 months living in rural Rwanda

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