Treatment outcomes of severe acute malnutrition and associated factors among children under the five admitted in Belegasgar Primary Hospital, Arsi zone, Ethiopia

Abstract

In many developing countries, severe acute malnutrition among children remains a major public health concern. Ethiopia is one of the countries with highest under five child mortality rate, with malnutrition underlying to 28% of all children deaths. However, in some parts of Ethiopia particularly in study area, there was no research carried out on the predictors and treatment outcomes of severe acute malnutrition.