Malnutrition is a major public health problem in Mali, along with the
country’s political and security instability. We initiated this work with the
objective of determining the frequency as well as the risk factors favoring the
occurrence of malnutrition in children aged 6-59 months
hospitalized in the pediatrics department of the Gabriel Touré University
Hospital in Bamako, country reference service to identify potential
interventions to plan. A cross-sectional study was carried out over a period of
4 months. A bivariate logistic regression analysis allowed us to identify risk
factors with degree of significance if p < 0.05. During the study period, 2888 children were hospitalized, including
348 aged 6 to 59 months, or a frequency of 12.04%. One in two children was
malnourished, i.e. a
frequency of 50%. It more frequently affected infants aged between 6 and 23
months with a frequency of 33.7%, with a
hospital frequency of growth retardation which was 23% including 14.7% of
severe form. The emaciation was 27% of which 18.7%
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