TY - JOUR
TI - The heavy burden of protein and energy malnutrition on the society of Ghana: urging the implementation of an easily enacted backyard poultry intervention
AU - Pedroza Velandia, Sandra Paola
AU - Kissimova-Skarbek, Katarzyna
TI - The heavy burden of protein and energy malnutrition on the society of Ghana: urging the implementation of an easily enacted backyard poultry intervention
AB - 
	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.
VL - 2016
IS - Tom 14, Numer 4
PY - 2016
SN - 1731-7398
C1 - 2084-2627
SP - 229
EP - 243
DO - 10.4467/20842627OZ.16.024.5893
UR - 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
KW - karłowatość
KW - obciążenie chorobą
KW - DALY
KW - Ghana
KW - analiza kosztów i efektów
KW - analiza kosztów i użyteczności
KW - analiza kosztów i korzyści
KW - drób przydomowy