Determinants Of Severe Acute Malnutrition Among Hiv Positive Children Receiving Haart In Public Health Institutions Of North Wollo Zone Northeastern Ethiopia 2019 Unmatched Case-control Study

Background: Malnutrition and HIV/AIDS are common problems in sub-Saharan countriesrnincluding Ethiopia. They are closely interlinked conditions. Their combined effect is morernsevere in children and is a cause for greater morbidity and mortality in those children. Inrnchildren with severe malnutrition, the risk of death is three to four times higher in HIVinfectedrnchildren.rnrnrnObjective:rnrnThe aim of this study is to assess determinants of Severe Acute Malnutritionrnamong HIV positive children receiving HAART in Public health institutions of North Wollornzone, Northeastern Ethiopia, 2019.rnMethodology: Institutional based unmatched case-control study will be conducted on 204rnHIV positive children (68 cases and 136 controls). Data will be collected retrospectivelyrn(secondary data) and by interviewing of attendants (primary data) from March to May/ 2019rnand will be entered to Epi Data Version 4.2.0. Binary and multiple logistic regressions will bernemployed by SPSS version 23 and results will be presented by narration, tables, graphs andrncharts.rnBudget plan: a total of 26, 550 ETB will be needed to accomplish this research.

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