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The magnitude and determinants of anaemia among refugee preschool children from the Kebribeyah refugee camp, Somali region, Ethiopia

Published in: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Volume 30 , issue 1 , 2017 , pages: 1–6

DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2017.1237446

Author(s): Yasin Jemal School of Public Health, Ethiopia , Jemal Haidar School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia , Wambui Kogi Makau Department of Food Science Nutrition and Technology, Kenya

Keywords: anaemia , determinants , Ethiopia , Kebribeyah , magnitude , preschool , refugee

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Abstract

Background: Anaemia is a global public health problem affecting children from both industrialised and developing countries with major consequences for health, social and economic development. Although the burden of anaemia is high among refugee children due to their living conditions, its determinants are not yet clearly identified and documented in Ethiopia.

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