2000年から2015年のアフリカにおける子供の成長障害の地図作成
Aaron Osgood-Zimmerman1, Anoushka I Millear1, Rebecca W Stubbs1
1Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Nature
|March 2, 2018
まとめ
発育不全や体重不足など,アフリカでは改善がみられたが,地域差は依然として大きい. 現在の進展は2030年の栄養不良の目標を達成できない可能性があり,標的を絞った介入の必要性を強調しています.
科学分野:
- 世界保健
- 小児の栄養
- 公衆衛生の流行病学
背景:
- 子供の成長障害 (遅滞,衰弱,体重不足) は,不良な健康結果と死亡率と関連しています.
- 2000年から2015年の間にアフリカのほとんどの国で 子どもの成長の改善が観察されました
- アフリカでは子供の成長傾向とレベルが 地域的に大きく異なっています
研究 の 目的:
- アフリカ全土の子供の成長障害の傾向における地方の異質性を分析する.
- 2025年の母親,乳児,幼児の栄養目標と2030年の栄養不良に対する持続可能な開発目標に向けた進展を予測する.
- 公共衛生の介入における地理空間評価の有用性を強調する.
主な方法:
- 地域レベルでの子供の成長障害 (発育不全,減量,体重不足) を推定するために地理空間モデルを使用した.
- 2000年から2015年の動向を分析した.
- 現在の改善率に基づいて予測される将来の進展
主要な成果:
- アフリカの多くの地域は2025年の栄養目標に向けた進展を示しているが,サヘル地域では,成長の失敗率が高く続く可能性が高い.
- 現在のペースでは,この大陸は2030年の持続可能な開発目標の栄養失調を撲滅する目標を達成できなくなります.
- 成長障害のレベルと傾向の有意な地方差異が特定されました.
結論:
- 地理空間的推定は,基線を確立し,標的を絞った公衆衛生介入の指針を定める上で極めて重要です.
- 進歩を加速するには 格差をなくし 貧困層に焦点を当てる必要があります
- 2030年までに大陸と世界の栄養失調の削減目標を達成するために,緊急に,調整された戦略が必要である.
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