Measuring Food Insecurity in Children under 5 Years of Age with Acute Undernutrition in Valle Del Cauca-Colombia.

Unlabelled: Malnutrition is a global problem that affects all countries in one or more of its forms, representing one of the greatest challenges worldwide. One of the key contributing factors is food insecurity, which must be evaluated in children with moderate and severe acute malnutrition, as they are at imminent risk of death.

Objective: Our objective was to assess food insecurity among children under 5 years old with moderate, and severe malnutrition from Valle del Cauca, a state located in the southwestern region of Colombia.

[Antibiotic consumption surveillance in 10 health institutions between 2013 and 2020 in Colombia].

Background: The use of antibiotics is the main factor of microbial resistance.

Aim: To determine the consumption of antibiotics in health care institutions in Santiago de Cali between 2013 and 2020.

Methods: The methodology of the Defined Daily Dose per 100 beddays was employed.

[Cluster sampling in health surveys].

Objective: Describing how the cluster sampling statistical technique can be applied to health surveys.

Methods: The article describes the most important aspects for each methodological step, emphasising cluster sampling's foundations. It was applied to a population of around 100,000 inhabitants from commune 18 in Cali.