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Girmay Ayana

Publications (4)

Daily Dietary Intake of Zinc is positively Associated With Height-for-Age Z-score (Haz) among Ethiopian Children 6-35 Months of Age

Girmay Ayana, Sara Wuehler, Tibebu Moges, Aregash Samuel, Aweke Kebede, Dilnesaw Zerfu, Andinet Abera, Girma Mengistu, Birhanu Wodajo, Katherine A. Birks, Jalal Chowdhury & Amha Kebede · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: In Ethiopia, 44% of children under five years-of-age are stunted (i.e., height-for-age (HAZ) below -2SD). This is considered a major public health concern by the Ethiopian Ministry of Health’s National Nutrition Plan. Future efforts to reduce stunting depend largely o...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20955

Determining Iodine Status and Knowledge of Dietary Salt Restricted Hypertension Patients in Addis Ababa Hospitals, Ethiopia

Girmay Ayana, Cherinet Abuye & Hiwot Abebe · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Hypertension is public health problem worldwide and the trends of prevalence have increased in economically developing countries. Reducing dietary sodium is one of the main recommendations to treatment hypertension. Restriction of salt consumption could cause a reduct...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21016

Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) in Burie and Womberma Districts, West Gojjam, Ethiopia

Aweke Kebede, Girmay Ayana, Adamu Belay & Cherinet Abuye · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: To assess the magnitude and causes of goiter in West Gojjam, Amhara National Regional state, Ethiopia. Methods: The study was conducted in July 2010. The sample size was determined by assuming 50% prevalence of total goiter rate, 5% error, 95% confidence interval, des...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20892

Effects of Governance Structures in Ethiopia on Implementation of Nutrition Interventions

Eileen Kennedy, Masresha Tessema, Aregash Samuel, Tarik Kassaye, Habtamu Fekadu, Tesfaye Hailu, Tsehay Assefa, Desalegn Kuche, Girmay Ayana, Dilnesaw Zerfu, Tibebu Moges, Adamu Belaye & Abinet Tesfaye · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives:  1. Assess factors that enhance or constrain implementation of nutrition interventions at national and sub national levels. 2. Analyze how direct nutrition interventions and multi sector approaches are implemented at national, regional, zonal and woreda levels. 3.  Id...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20913