[HTML][HTML] Stunting in childhood: an overview of global burden, trends, determinants, and drivers of decline

T Vaivada, N Akseer, S Akseer, A Somaskandan… - The American journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Progress has been made worldwide in reducing chronic undernutrition and
rates of linear growth stunting in children under 5 y of age, although rates still remain high in …

Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in sub-Saharan Africa and associations with undernutrition, and governance in children under five years of age: a systematic …

DJ Momberg, BC Ngandu… - … Origins of Health and …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Associations between different forms of malnutrition and environmental conditions, including
water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), may contribute towards persistently poor child …

[HTML][HTML] Explaining the fall of socioeconomic inequality in childhood stunting in Indonesia

MF Rizal, E van Doorslaer - SSM-population health, 2019 - Elsevier
In spite of the enormous economic progress and development witnessed in Indonesia in the
last few decades, still more than 30% of Indonesian children under the age of five suffer from …

Trends and predictors of inequality in childhood stunting in Nepal from 1996 to 2016

MR Angdembe, BP Dulal, K Bhattarai… - International journal for …, 2019 - Springer
Background Although decreasing in trend, one-in-three children remain stunted in Nepal
and its distribution is unequal among different socioeconomic and geographical subgroups …

Inequalities in stunting among under-five children in Tanzania: decomposing the concentration indexes using demographic health surveys from 2004/5 to 2015/6

E Musheiguza, MJ Mahande, E Malamala… - International journal for …, 2021 - Springer
Background Child stunting is a global health concern. Stunting leads to several
consequences on child survival, growth, and development. The absolute level of stunting …

[HTML][HTML] Community based health insurance scheme: Preferences of rural dwellers of the federal capital territory Abuja, Nigeria

C Ogben, O Ilesanmi - Journal of public health in Africa, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In 2010, community based health insurance scheme (CBHIS) was launched in the Federal
Capital Territory (FCT) of Nigeria. Little is known about the preferences and perception of the …

Contradictions within the SDGs: are sin taxes for health improvement at odds with employment and economic growth in Zambia

P Hangoma, G Surgey - Globalization and Health, 2019 - Springer
Background A recurring discussion in the literature relates to the possible contradictions
among the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The focus has been on economic …

Why is there a gap in self-rated health among people with hypertension in Zambia? A decomposition of determinants and rural‒urban differences

C Mweemba, W Mutale, F Masiye, P Hangoma - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Hypertension affects over one billion people globally and is one of the leading
causes of premature death. Low-and middle-income countries, especially the sub-Saharan …

Economic inequality in malnutrition: a global systematic review and meta-analysis

R Alao, H Nur, E Fivian, B Shankar, S Kadiyala… - BMJ Global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Objective To describe the evidence on global and regional economic inequality in
malnutrition, and the associations between economic inequality and malnutrition. Methods …

Health shocks and household welfare in Zambia: an assessment of changing risk

P Hangoma, A Aakvik… - Journal of International …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates the effect of a disabling health shock, injury, on household health
expenditure and welfare in Zambia before and after 2002, a year that marks an end to a …