Space-time mapping of wasting among children under the age of five years in Somalia from 2007 to 2010.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the sub-national seasonal prevalence and trends in wasting from 2007 to 2010 among children aged 6-59 months in Somalia using remote sensing and household survey data from nutritional surveys.

Methods

Bayesian hierarchical space-time model was implemented using a stochastic partial differential equation (SPDE) approach in integrated nested Laplace approximations (INLA) to produce risk maps of wasting at 1 × 1 km(2) spatial resolution and predict to seasons in each year of study from 2007 to 2010.

Results

The prevalence of wasting was generally at critical levels throughout the country, with most of the areas remaining in the upper classes of critical and very critical levels. There was minimal variation in wasting from year-to-year, but a well-d

SUBMITTER: Kinyoki DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4813094 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature