Publications by authors named "Feyissa Challa Waka"
Protocol for a community-based, household-randomised, dose-response trial to assess the acceptability, nutritional effects and safety of double-fortified salt containing iodine and folic acid compared with iodised salt among non-pregnant Ethiopian women of reproductive age (DFS-IoFA).
BMJ Open
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- Ethiopia has a high prevalence of neural tube defects (NTDs), largely due to folate insufficiency among women of reproductive age, prompting a study on fortifying iodized salt with folic acid as a potential solution.
- The study will involve 360 non-pregnant women aged 18-49, randomly assigned to receive iodized salt fortified with either 30 ppm or 90 ppm of folic acid, or regular iodized salt, over a 26-week period to assess its acceptability and impact on nutritional status.
- Outcomes will include monitoring women's consumption of the salts, changes in biomarker levels for folate and iodine, and any adverse events, with results analyzed to determine the effectiveness of the fortification strategy
Background: It is well known that the magnitude of undernutrition in Ethiopia is unacceptably high. The burden of co-occurrence of iron, folate, and vitamin A deficiency, on the other hand, has received less attention. Thus, in this study, we looked at the prevalence of iron, folate, and vitamin A deficiency in pregnant women in eastern Ethiopia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: We aimed to estimate the prevalence of folate deficiency and contributing factors among pregnant women.
Design: A community-based, cross-sectional study.
Setting: Haramaya District, Eastern Ethiopia.
Prevalence of high bloodpressure, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome and their determinants in Ethiopia: Evidences from the National NCDs STEPS Survey, 2015.
PLoS One
August 2018
The prevalence of diabetes, dyslipidemias, and high blood pressure is increasing worldwide especially in low and middle income countries. World Health Organization has emphasized the importance of the assessment of the magnitude of the specific disease in each country. We determined the prevalence and determinant factors of high blood pressure, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemias and metabolic syndrome in Ethiopia.
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