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“Health-seeking behavior and community perceptions of childhood Malnutrition in Children under five in the Case of Eastern Hararghe: Kersa District”

Ketema Degefa and Adugna Tadesse, CHAMPS Ethiopia The magnitude of child malnutrition including severe child malnutrition is especially high in the rural areas of Kersa district and one of the major causes of death among children in the study area (KHDSS, 2016). This study explored health seeking behaviour and community perceptions in addressing malnutrition. Mixed…

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Global Engagement Fund takes UCL Anthropology to Ethiopia

Caroline Ackley, Timothy Carroll, Aaron Parkhurst In January 2019, Timothy Carroll (UCL) and Aaron Parkhurst (UCL) – funded by the UCL Global Engagement Fund – partnered with Caroline Ackley (LSHTM, now Sussex) to establish a network, focusing on issues of medical materiality within maternal and infant health. The Engagement programme included a short series on…

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  • “Qualitative to clinical: Community perceptions of causes of child death and approaches to sensitization of biomedical interventions in Eastern Hararghe, Ethiopia” August 19, 2019
  • Anthropological Approaches To Understanding Child & Maternal Mortality August 12, 2019

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