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• TITLE: Assessment of Nutritional Status and Associated Factors in Infants Aged 6 to 23 Months in Rural Burundi

  AUTHORS: Michel Baseka, Jonathan Niyukuri, Alice Ndayishimiye, Sedki Az-Eddine, Ferdinand Ndikuryayo, Vestine Ntakarutimana

  KEYWORDS: Nutritional Status, Infant, Complementary Feeding, Burundi

  JOURNAL NAME: Food and Nutrition Sciences, Vol.14 No.12, December 21, 2023

  ABSTRACT: This study was carried out in the Health districts of Kayanza and Gahombo. Its aim was to assess the nutritional status and associated factors of infants aged between 6 and 23 months. This descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in the health centers of the action zone during medical consultations in community medicine from 13 to 22 February 2023. For this purpose, 53.0% of a sample of 398 mothers of infants aged 6 - 23 months were male, and the most represented age group was 12 - 23 months with 53.8%. Mothers were asked about the diet of their children. All the children involved in this study were vaccinated, whereas 99.2% were given vitamin A supplements. The most frequent illnesses in this age group were acute respiratory infection (ARI) (73.4%), fever (66.6%), diarrhea (53.8%), and vomiting (40.5%). Analysis of nutritional status showed that infants had severe (8.3%) and moderate (70.4%) acute malnutrition. Factors associated with infant nutritional status comprised the occupation of mother (P = 0.009), level of education of mother (P = 0.0625), and prolonged diarrhea (P = 0.004). To remedy this problem, concrete nutritional and educational interventions are needed to promote optimal infant nutrition during the first two years of life.