%0 Journal Article
%T The heavy burden of protein and energy malnutrition on the society of Ghana: urging the implementation of an easily enacted backyard poultry intervention
%A Pedroza Velandia, Sandra Paola
%A Kissimova-Skarbek, Katarzyna
%J Zdrowie Publiczne i Zarządzanie
%V 2016
%R 10.4467/20842627OZ.16.024.5893
%N Tom 14, Numer 4
%P 229-243
%K karłowatość, obciążenie chorobą, DALY, Ghana, analiza kosztów i efektów, analiza kosztów i użyteczności, analiza kosztów i korzyści, drób przydomowy
%@ 1731-7398
%D 2016
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/zdrowie-publiczne-i-zarzadzanie/artykul/the-heavy-burden-of-protein-and-energy-malnutrition-on-the-society-of-ghana-urging-the-implementation-of-an-easily-enacted-backyard-poultry-intervention
%X 
	Background: Stunting hinders the development of children around the world.

	Objectives: Wehavecalculated the burden of disease attributable to protein and energy malnutrition (PEM) in Ghana and evaluated the impact of the modeled intervention to prevent stunting in Ghana.

	Methods: A literature review was conducted to better understand the economic implications of stunting. The burden of PEM was measured in Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) and income lost. A culturally sensitive nutritional intervention was designed to prevent stunting in the target population. The comparator was no intervention. We performed cost-effectiveness, cost-utility, and cost-benefit analyses.

	Results: The estimated income lost due to PEM in Ghana was over 70 bln2014 international dollars (I$). In 2014 the Ghana GDP per capita was I$4,548.00. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) per stunting case averted was I$2,573.72. The ICER per DALY averted was I$896.18. The cost-benefit ratio was 0.03.

	Conclusion: Stunting causes a high burden to society in Ghana. The modelled backyard poultryintervention is very cost-effective in reducing stunting and it effects.