SIERRA LEONE NATIONAL NUTRITION SURVEY; FINAL REPORT

Compares nutritional status between selected areas and provides information about the relationships among diet, socio-economic, health, and demographic factors with nutritional status. Data sources include anthropometry, clinical signs, hemoglobin assessment, interviews, laboratory tests, and thin blood films. Contains background information on climate, education, agriculture, fish and livestock, health, and previous nutritional studies. Survey design and methodology, as well as indices of malnutrition, are provided. Survey results and analysis, associations of undernutrition with household, family and child characteristics, are listed along with laboratory and dietary investigations. Also includes more than 100 tables and figures of relevant data. Appendices provide additional information concerning the survey design, methodology, and procedures; laboratory results; dietary tables; and anthropometric reference data.