Background Childhood malnutrition is a major public health issue in Sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA) and 61.4 million children under the age of five years in the region are stunted …

Importance Identifying modifiable risk factors associated with childhood stunting in sub-
Saharan Africa (SSA) is imperative for the development of evidence-based interventions and …

Background Three indicators of early childhood undernutrition and associated factors are
evaluated among under-5 children in five National Family Health Surveys in India spanning …

The sustainable development goals (SDGs) provide an integrated framework of targets and
indicators, including the elimination of stunting, to support better development planning …

Recently, there has been growing research interest in the influence of household air
pollution on child health. Despite the increasing advocacy for households to switch from the …

Height for age is an important and widely used population-level indicator of children's
health. Morbidity trends show that stunting in young children is a significant public health …

Background Malnutrition remains one of the major public health concerns globally. To
achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 2 which seeks to ensure that hunger and …

Methods We analysed Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey data from 30 low and middle-
income countries to compare nutritional outcomes for children aged 2–4 years with and …

Background Antenatal care (ANC) is essential for ensuring the well-being of pregnant
women and their fetuses. This study models the association between achieving adequate …

Background Maternal nutritional status before and during pregnancy is an important
determinant of foetal health. In West Africa, maternal and child undernutrition remains a …