Rainfall shocks are not necessarily a sensitive early indicator of changes in wasting prevalence
This study explores whether deviation in rainfall in Ethiopia, a drought prone country, is a sensitive indicator of future increases in wasting. Around 12% of children 0–23 months were wasted, but we found no consistent association between the rainfall shock variables and child weight-for-height Z-s...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145640 |
| Summary: | This study explores whether deviation in rainfall in Ethiopia, a drought prone country, is a sensitive indicator of future increases in wasting. Around 12% of children 0–23 months were wasted, but we found no consistent association between the rainfall shock variables and child weight-for-height Z-scores. The results indicate that monitoring rainfall does not provide a practical early warning to use for scaling up financing and management of preventative measures without additional information to increase precision. |
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