Recovery rate and determinants of severe acute malnutrition children treatment in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Severe acute malnutrition affects more than 20 million children. Africa is pointed out as a region where the problem is highly prevalent. There were individual studies on the recovery rate and its determinants among children with severe acute malnutrition in Ethiopia. But, there is no national pooled estimate. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to estimate the recovery rate and determinants among children with severe acute malnutrition admitted to the therapeutic feeding unit in Ethiopia. METHODS:The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guideline was followed in this study. Studies were accessed through electronic web-based search from PubMed, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, and EMBASE. The statistical analysis was conducted

SUBMITTER: Yazew KG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6911294 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature