1. Women’s knowledge on the seasonality and causes of child malnutrition in Marsabit county, Kenya
- Author:
- John Burns, Andy Catley, and Hussein Mahmoud
- Publication Date:
- 05-2021
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Feinstein International Center, Tufts University
- Abstract:
- This report presents the results of a participatory analysis of the causes and seasonality of malnutrition in children and mothers in North Horr and Loiyangalani wards in Marsabit county, Kenya. Although North Horr and Loiyangalani areas differ in terms of livelihoods, culture, and ethnicity, similar findings emerged from both locations. Overall, women positioned the problem of malnutrition within a context of changing and gendered livelihoods, marked seasonality of livelihood systems, and physical remoteness with limited infrastructure or public services. These factors combine in ways which place women and children at a very high risk of acute malnutrition.
- Topic:
- Food, Hunger, Humanitarian Crisis, Knowledge Production, and Malnutrition
- Political Geography:
- Kenya and Africa