Child health and nutritional status in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: a preliminary assessment
| Autor: | Sakorn Dhanamitta, Mishigdorg Oyunbileg, Lyndon Brown, Yongyout Kachondham |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Protein–energy malnutrition Developing country Child Welfare Child Nutrition Disorders Protein-Energy Malnutrition Environmental health Prevalence Medicine Humans East Asia Nutrition Indexes Respiratory Tract Infections Anemia Hypochromic business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Nutrition Disorders Infant Newborn Infant Mongolia medicine.disease Iodine deficiency Malnutrition Child Preschool Acute Disease Development aid Female business |
| Zdroj: | Asia-Pacific journal of public health. 6(4) |
| ISSN: | 1010-5395 |
| Popis: | Over 85% of Mongolia's foreign trade and development aid, which formerly came from the USSR, have abruptly ceased causing shortfalls in almost all sectors. The UNICEF Mongolia Country Program and the East Asia and Pacific Regional Of fice (UNICEF/EAPRO) realized that Mongolian children are likely to suffer the most as reduced income and food availability aggravate problems associated with malnutrition. Hence, from 16 June-7 July 1992, a team from the Institute of Nutrition at Mahidol University, Thailand, collaborated with local UNICEF personnel and government health of ficials in designing and initiating the 1992 Mongolian Child Nutrition Survey. This paper presents the preliminary survey data of 342 randomly selected children aged 0-48 months in Ulaanbaatar. Results indicate that the four major health and nutrition problems are protein energy malnutrition (PEM), iodine deficiency disorders, vitamin D deficiency, and an unusually high rate of acute respiratory infections. Also requiring more in-depth study are low birth weight, iron deficiency anemia and vitamin A deficiency. |
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