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Journal of Nutrition and Human Health | Volume 3
May 23-24, 2019 | Vienna, Austria
Joint Event
2
nd
International Conference on
Gastroenterology and Digestive Disor
ders
17
th
International Conference on
Nutrition and Fitness
&
Complementary feeding practices associated with wasting of children 6-23 months
old in Dilala, Lualaba province, DRC, 2017
Ngoy Bulaya Emmanuel
1, 3
, Horwood Christiane
2
, Mapatano Mala Ali
3
, Drysdaler Roisin
3
, Muyer Telo M-C
3
and
Mutombo Beya P
3
1
University of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
2
University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
3
University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Background:
Malnutrition is in high prevalence in some
developing countries, like Democratic Republic of the
Congo (DRC) mostly among children from 6 to 23 months.
Complementary Feeding is among the main causes of
malnutrition worldwide.
Objectives:
The present study aimed to assess the
complementary feeding practices associated with acute
malnutrition in DRC.
Methodology:
A community-based cross-sectional study
was conducted from October 23 to November 25, 2017 in
DILALA Health Zone, using a three-stage stratified cluster-
sampling technique. In 10 Health Areas, 698 children
6-23 months old were assessed on nutritional status and
their mothers interviewed on complementary feeding
practices. Household questionnaire pretested and revised,
standardized anthropometry equipment and World Health
Organization recommendations were used with trained data
collectors. ENA for SMART and Logistic regression on SPSS
23 were used to data analysis.
Results:
Wasting was associated with lack of knowledge
on minimum meal frequency (a adjusted odds ratio=2.4,
CI 1.14-5.11), minimum dietary diversity (a adjusted odds
ratio=0.23, CI 0.055-0.981) and protected source of drinking
water (a adjusted odds ratio=0.50, CI 0.26-0.93).
Conclusion:
Wasting was more increased among children
whose mothers were without knowledge on minimummeal
frequency of complementary feeding, but more prevented
in children having met minimum dietary diversity and in
children from household with protected source of drinking
water.
Speaker Biography
Ngoy Bulaya Emmanuel,aNutritionist inPublicHealth(2005).Heobtained
his MPH in Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine and Disease Control at the
School of Public Health, Lubumbashi University (2007). He obtained his
MPHN in Nutritional Epidemiology at the School of Public Health, Kinshasa
University (2017). He was elected and became the provincial president
of the DRC nutritionist’s association in the entire Katanga Province from
(2009 - 2012). In September 2009, University of Lubumbashi, at the School
of Public Health, appointed him as Assistant Professor in Nutrition Unit
while the DRC Health Ministry designated him as Provincial Coordinator
of National Nutrition Program (2009 – 2015). He worked at the School of
Agronomic Studies as Secretary of the Manager Committee (2003 - 2006).
e:
ngoybulaya@yahoo.fr