Ousmane Ouedraogo, Ella Wr Compaore, Sabiba Ke Amouzou, Augustin N Zeba, Mamoudou H Dicko,
Volume 4, Issue 2 (May 2019)
Abstract
Backgroun: The increasing variety of foods and food groups in the diet helps to ensure adequate intake of essential nutrients and promotes good health. The main objective was to determine the diet quality of women, infants, and young children in agricultural mitigation period of Burkina Faso. Methods: A 24-h dietary open recall was used to collect all foods taken by women, infants, and young children in Centre-West region of Burkina Faso. The dietary diversity (DD) score was equal to the number of consumed food groups for infants (6-23 months) according to WHO recommendations and for women and young children (24-59 months) according to food and agriculture organization (FAO). Three DD classes were determined for the individual average DD. For each DD class, food consumption profile was determined by food items or groups consumed by at least 50 percent of women, infants, and young children according to FAO guide. Results: The study was conducted among 971 women, 419 infants, and 189 young children. Regarding the dietary diversity score (DDS), 16.3, 39.2, and 44.5 percent of women and 12.7, 49.7, and 37.6 percent of young children had low (< 5), average (= 5), and high (> 5) rates, respectively. Furthermore, DDS was low (< 4), average (= 4) and high (> 4) in 22.9, 12.6, and 64.4 percent of infants, respectively. The consumption rates of roots/tubers, dairy products, eggs, and fruits were very low regardless of the women, infants, and young children DDS in times of agricultural mitigation. Conclusion: The diet of women and young children was a little more diversified compared to infants.
Ousmane Ouedraogo, Ella Wr Compaore, Emile Ks Amouzou, Augustin N. Zeba, Mamoudou H Dicko,
Volume 4, Issue 4 (Nov 2019)
Abstract
Background: Simplified and reliable tools for individual and household diet quality assessment have been found helpful to reduce cost of the dietary survey. The main objective of this study was to determine the household’s diet profile in the Centre-West Region of Burkina Faso. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on household food consumption using the last seven days recall. Food consumption score (FCS) was calculated by adding sores of the consumed food groups for each household. Results: Overall, 985 households were involved from 37 rural and three urban places from the Centre-West Region of Burkina Faso. With regard to the FCS, 28%, 28%, and 44% of the households had a poor (FCS ≤ 21), borderline (21< FCS ≤ 35), and acceptable (FCS > 35) scores, respectively. Increased FCS improved the food consumption frequency rich in nutrient (vitamin A, iron, protein) groups. The quality of household’s diet was determined by socioeconomic variables such as household assets and number of income sources. Urban households get their food from the market places, while rural ones consumed their own productions. Conclusion: Diet quality based on food groups' consumption was associated with the socioeconomic status of households with regard to a certain food vulnerability. More efforts are required to strengthen the food security in vulnerable households regarding healthy diets for the population.
Augustin Nawidimbasba Zeba, Hermann Zosé Ouedraogo , Alain Hien,
Volume 7, Issue 4 (NOV 2022)
Abstract
Background: The present cross-sectional study was conducted to measure the population attributable risk (PAR) of severe anemia among children aged 6-23 months in the rural district of Kongoussi, in Burkina Faso. Methods: Socio-demographic, clinical, anthropometric, and biological data were collected from children and mothers. Results: In total, 671 children were included in the analysis, 50.4% of whom were male and 97.8% were breastfed. Only 5.8% of the children had adequate complementary feeding, 25.8% were wasted, and 23.5% stunted. Malaria affected about half (50.8%) of children; 39.3% had mild malaria and 11.5% had severe malaria. Children who were no longer breastfed were more likely to have malaria [OR = 3.98 (1.11-14.2), P = 0.022] than those who were breastfed. Fever in the last fortnight [OR = 1.49 (1.07-2.08), P = 0.019], current fever [OR = 4.30 (2.39-7.76), P < 0.001], and presence of splenomegaly [OR = 2.68 (1.54-4.67), P < 0.001] were also positively associated with malaria. Anemia and severe anemia had a prevalence of 96.8% and 24.4%, respectively, and were associated with both mild and severe malaria. Body mass index of mothers [OR = 1.82 (1.06-3.12), P = 0.029], diarrhea in the last fortnight [OR = 1.70 (1.06-2.71), P = 0.027], stunting [OR = 1.54 (1.01-2.34), P = 0.045], and splenomegaly [OR = 2.93 (1.70-5.06), P = 0.045] were other independent factors associated with severe anemia. The PARs of severe anemia due to mild and severe malaria were 22.1% (6.1%-35.4%) and 22.0% (11.6%-27.7%), respectively. Conclusion: Given the high frequency of anemia and severe anemia in this rural malaria-endemic area, interventions are required that consider the important contribution of malaria to anemia and aim to prevent infection.
