ABSTRACT The Central Province of Zambia contains the majority of the nation’s malnourished children, despite being the most productive province in terms of Agriculture. Most studies focused on household food consumption rather than the linkages between agriculture performance and nutrition outcomes of the population. In light of this knowledge gap, this study focused on the linkage between nutrition and agriculture. The study assessed the extent to which the Ministry of Agriculture in Zambi...
ABSTRACT Undernutrition is the most dominant form of malnutrition among children in developing countries including Tanzania. Despite several studies on prevalence of undernutrition among children of 6-59 months old in Tanzania there is limited information on the differences in prevalence between the highland and lowland areas. This study aimed to assess nutritional status and its determinants, dietary intake as well as nutrients content in food consumed by children aged 6-59 months in the low...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to assess iodine status of school-aged children, pregnant, lactating and normal women in Rungemba, Kitelewasi, Kinyanambo and Berega villages. Data were collected by using a structured, pre-tested questionnaire. Urine and salt samples were collected and analyzed to determine iodine concentrations. Anthropometric measurements including weight and height and records of age, sex and gestation age for the pregnant women were also taken. Data were analysed by usin...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to assess household dietary diversity and nutritional status of children and women in Madizini township and its surrounding 3 hinterland villages of Manyinga, Lungo and Mhonda. A total of 160 women with their children between 12-59 months old were randomly sampled from village registers. Data were collected by using a structured questionnaire. A 24-hours recall on household dietary intake was conducted from which dietary diversity score (DDS) was calculated u...
ABSTRACT Nutrition plays a critical role in promoting the health of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Nutritional problems strongly predict illness or death among PLWHA. However, the knowledge, attitude and practices relating to adequate nutrition by this group of people have not been adequately explored in Nigeria. This study was therefore carried out to determine the knowledge, attitude and nutritional practices among PLWHA who were attending Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) clinics in Ibad...
ABSTRACT In recent years, as the world is becoming a global economy with the influx of foreign companies into many developing countries like Ghana, managers face the challenge of having to address retention problems in the context of increasing competition in the global marketplace. It is against this background that this study aims at examining the effect of talent management on employees’ retention in the Ministry of Roads and Highways, Ghana. The study was quantitative and employed a cro...
ABSTRACT BACKROUND: Anaemia during pregnancy is a major public health problem throughout the world, particularly the developing countries. It is a condition in which the number and size of red blood cells ,or hemoglobin concentration falls below the established cut-off value; less than 110g/L for children under 5years and pregnant women, and less than 120 g/L for non-pregnant women which consequently impair the capacity of blood to transport oxygen around the body. Globally, it affects ...