Evaluation of the Nutritional Status of Children under 5 Years Old Hospitalized in the Kabezi Health District Hospital in Burundi during the Period from 2015 to 2022

A study on the assessment of the nutritional status of children under 5 years old was carried out in the Kabezi Health District. Data recorded at the Thera- peutic Stabilization Service (SST) on cases of malnutrition, in the period from 2015 to 2021, were analyzed. It was revealed that 9 health centers out of 23 in the Kabezi Health District (HD) had cases of malnutrition. The most affected was the Kabezi health center, which alone accounted for 19% of the cases iden- tified. The entropometric...