title: Acute malnutrition and under-5 mortality, northeastern part of India.
abstract: We assessed the prevalence of childhood acute malnutrition and under-five mortality rate (U5MR) in Darbhanga district, India, using a two-stage 49-cluster household survey. A total of 1379 households comprising 8473 people were interviewed. During a 90-day recall period, U5MR was 0.5 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.2-1.4] per 10,000 per day. The prevalence of global acute malnutrition among 1405 children aged 6-59 months was 15.4% (NCHS) and 19.4% (2006 WHO references). This survey suggests that in Darbhanga district, the population is in a borderline food crisis with few food resources. Appropriate strategies should be developed to improve the overall nutritional and health status of children.
authors.affiliation: Epicentre, Paris, France. emmanuelle.espie@gmail.com
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Espié
authors.forename: Carme Roure
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Pujol
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masferrer
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Saint-Sauveur
authors.forename: Pedro Pablo Palma
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Urrutia
authors.forename: Rebecca F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Grais
mesh_terms: D046688:Child Mortality; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D015995:Prevalence