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Child stunting prevalence determination at sector level in Rwanda using small area estimation
BackgroundStunting among children under 5 years of age remains a worldwide concern, with 148.1 million (22.3%) stunted in 2022. The recent 2019/2020...
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Women empowerment and childhood stunting: evidence from rural northwest Ethiopia
BackgroundWomen are often the primary caregivers of children, and as such, their empowerment could influence the nutritional status of their...
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Longitudinal trends and determinants of stunting among children aged 1–15 years
BackgroundStunting increases morbidity and mortality, hindering mental development and influencing cognitive capacity of children. This study aimed...
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Leveraging multisectoral approach to understand the determinants of childhood stunting in Rwanda: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundAddressing childhood stunting is a priority and an important step in the attainment of Global Nutrition Targets for 2025 and Sustainable...
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Prevalence of stunting and its correlates among children under 5 in Afghanistan: the potential impact of basic and full vaccination
BackgroundChild stunting is prevalent in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), but an information gap remains regarding its current prevalence,...
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Bayesian geostatistical modelling of stunting in Rwanda: risk factors and spatially explicit residual stunting burden
BackgroundStunting remains a significant public health issue in Rwanda and its prevalence exhibits considerable geographical variation. We apply...
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The role of national nutrition programs on stunting reduction in Rwanda using machine learning classifiers: a retrospective study
BackgroundIn Rwanda, the prevalence of childhood stunting has slightly decreased over the past five years, from 38% in 2015 to about 33% in 2020. It...
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Child Stunting Reduction in Aceh Province: Challenges and a Way Ahead
IntroductionIndonesia ranks the fifth highest in child stunting among Asian countries. Aceh, a westernmost province in Indonesia recorded the highest...
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Bayesian multilevel modelling of the association between socio-economic status and stunting among under-five-year children in Tanzania
BackgroundStunting is associated with socioeconomic status (SES) which is multidimensional. This study aimed to compare different SES indices in...
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Preventing Stunting in South African Children Under 5: Evaluating the Combined Impacts of Maternal Characteristics and Low Socioeconomic Conditions
More than 140 million children under five suffered from stunting in 2020. This highlights the ongoing challenge of addressing childhood malnutrition...
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Examining determinants of stunting in Urban and Rural Indonesian: a multilevel analysis using the population-based Indonesian family life survey (IFLS)
BackgroundIn Indonesia, chronic malnutrition leading to stunted growth in children represents a significant issue within the public health domain....
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Analysis of traditional feeding practices and stunting among children aged 6 to 59 months in Karanganyar District, Central Java Province, Indonesia
BackgroundTraditional feeding practices are widespread in Indonesia. Therefore, using traditional feeding practices commonly used among mothers, this...
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Stunting and thinness in school-attending adolescents in Addis Ababa
BackgroundAdolescent population Global Diet Quality Score (GDQS) is uncommon in low-income settings. Though Global Diet Quality Score is a good...
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Associations between Shared Sanitation, Stunting and Diarrhoea in Low-Income, High Density Urban Neighbourhoods of Maputo, Mozambique - a Cross-Sectional Study
IntroductionShared sanitation facilities are used by over 500 million people around the world. Most research evidence indicates that shared...
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Early-life air pollution and green space exposures as determinants of stunting among children under age five in Sub-Saharan Africa
BackgroundChildhood malnutrition is a major public health issue in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and 61.4 million children under the age of five years in...
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Spatial distribution and determinants of stunting, wasting and underweight in children under-five in Ethiopia
BackgroundThe burden of malnutrition in children under five remains an important child health issue where significant regional variations are...
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Prevalence of and factors associated with stunting in Bangladesh: evidence from Bangladesh demographic and health survey data sets (2007, 2011, 2014, and 2017–18)
AimIn Bangladesh, 30% of children under age five are stunted, impacting the nation’s general outcomes for public health. The relationships of risk...
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Concurrent stunting and overweight or obesity among under-five children in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis
BackgroundGlobally, the co-occurrence of stunting and overweight or obesity (CSO) in the same individual is becoming an emerging layer of...
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Relationship of stunting with water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices among children under the age of five: a cross-sectional study in Southern Punjab, Pakistan
BackgroundReasons for undernutrition are food insufficiency, impaired child care, limited access to healthcare, and maternal lack of health literacy....
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Prevalence of stunting and associated factors among neonates in Shebadino woreda, Sidama region South Ethiopia; a community-based cross-sectional study 2022
IntroductionStunting is a syndrome that begins at conception and leads to severe, irreversible physiological, physical and cognitive damage as an...