Aregash Samuel

Modelling the Impact of Fortification on the Prevalence of Inadequate Micronutrient Intakes in Ethiopia: Results from the Ethiopian National Food Consumption Survey

Michelle Gibbs, Aregash Samuel, Sara Wuehler, Kiflu Tesfaye & Rosalind Gibson · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: To estimate the potential impact of national fortification of wheat flour and vegetable oil on inadequate intakes of vitamin A, zinc and iron in Ethiopian women of childbearing age. Methods: Nationally representative 24-hour dietary recall data were collected from chi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20923

Effects of Governance Structures in Ethiopia on Implementation of Nutrition Interventions

Eileen Kennedy, Masresha Tessema, Aregash Samuel, Tarik Kassaye, Habtamu Fekadu, Tesfaye Hailu, Tsehay Assefa, Desalegn Kuche, Girmay Ayana, Dilnesaw Zerfu, Tibebu Moges, Adamu Belaye & Abinet Tesfaye · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives:  1. Assess factors that enhance or constrain implementation of nutrition interventions at national and sub national levels. 2. Analyze how direct nutrition interventions and multi sector approaches are implemented at national, regional, zonal and woreda levels. 3.  Id...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20913

Daily Dietary Intake of Zinc is positively Associated With Height-for-Age Z-score (Haz) among Ethiopian Children 6-35 Months of Age

Girmay Ayana, Sara Wuehler, Tibebu Moges, Aregash Samuel, Aweke Kebede, Dilnesaw Zerfu, Andinet Abera, Girma Mengistu, Birhanu Wodajo, Katherine A. Birks, Jalal Chowdhury & Amha Kebede · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: In Ethiopia, 44% of children under five years-of-age are stunted (i.e., height-for-age (HAZ) below -2SD). This is considered a major public health concern by the Ethiopian Ministry of Health’s National Nutrition Plan. Future efforts to reduce stunting depend largely o...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20955

Designing Rigorous Program Evaluations to Assess the Impact on Child Growth of Integrated IYCN Programs in Burkina Faso and Ethiopia

Saskia Osendarp, Abdulaziz Adish, Banda Ndiaye, Aregash Samuel, Inge Brouwer, Dominique Roberfroid, Patrick Kolsteren & Lynnette Neufeld · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: The Micronutrient Initiative and academic partners have designed two program impact evaluations of Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) interventions in Ethiopia and Burkina Faso. The programs include enhanced behavioral change interventions on IYCN, improved quali...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21140

Variation of Serum Selenium (Se) in Children from Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Will Low Se Affect the Success of Salt Iodization in Ethiopia?

Dawd Gashu, Gulelate Desse, Karim Bougma, Aregash Samuel, Abdulaziz Adish, Barbara Stoecker & Grace Marquis · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: To assess Se status of 54-60 month-old children in the Amhara region, Ethiopia Methods: Serum from 280 children from five zones of the Amhara regional state, Ethiopia, was analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Results: The mean serum Se co...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21143

Socio-Demographic Factors Affect Zinc Status of Infants and Preschool Children in East Gojjam, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Adamu Belay, Grace Marquis, Gulelat Desse, Frances Aboud & Aregash Samuel · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: The main objective of this study was to assess the prevalence and risk factors of zinc deficiency among infants and preschool children. Methods: A community based, cross-sectional study was conducted in East Gojjam zone between October 2011 and April 2012. Sub-samples...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20867