Dilnesaw Zerfu

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

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