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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1994 40(1):32-36; doi:10.1093/tropej/40.1.32
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Child Nutrition and Armed Conflicts in Iraq

W. AlDoori, MD*, N. Armijo-Hussein, MD**, W. W. Fawzi, MD*,*** and M. Guillermo Herrera, MD*

*Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
**Save the Children Fund Basrah, Iraq
***Department of Epidemiology Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA, USA

The object of the study was to assess the nutritional status of children 0–5 years, who were attending maternal and child health clinics in Basrah city, 6 months after the cessation of the Gulf War, and took the form of a cross-sectional study.

The study population consisted of 723 children, the majority of whom were between 0 and 36 months of age, attending maternal and child health clinics (MCHC) in Basrah city for routine immunizations. Each MCHC was visited on a separate day and all children attending on that day were included in the study.

A proportion (8 per cent) of the study population were wasted, most of them in the 12–24-month age category. Twenty-four per cent of the children were stunted. Stunting and low weight-for-age were significantly higher among children of low socio-economic households. Comparison of these data with an earlier nutritional survey in the area showed that the nutritional status of children in Basrah city has deteriorated as a result of successive armed conflicts.

There is need to monitor the health and nutritional status of children, and take appropriate action in order to protect them.


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