@article{d44fe9b6-1a94-4009-a9cb-5cb1c3490685,
author = {Sandra Paola Pedroza Velandia, Katarzyna Kissimova-Skarbek},
title = {The heavy burden of protein and energy malnutrition on the society of Ghana: urging the implementation of an easily enacted backyard poultry intervention},
journal = {Public Health and Governance},
volume = {2016},
number = {Volume 14, Issue 4},
year = {2016},
issn = {1731-7398},
pages = {229-243},keywords = {stunting; burden of disease; DALY; Ghana; Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; Cost-Utility Analysis; Cost-Benefit Analysis; backyard poultry},
abstract = {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.},
doi = {10.4467/20842627OZ.16.024.5893},
url = {https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zdrowie-publiczne-i-zarzadzanie/article/the-heavy-burden-of-protein-and-energy-malnutrition-on-the-society-of-ghana-urging-the-implementation-of-an-easily-enacted-backyard-poultry-intervention}
}