the month of birth and the health outcomes of young children in India. They find that children born during the monsoon … months have lower anthropometric scores compared with children born during the fall and winter months. The authors propose … variations in affecting environmental conditions at the time of birth and determining the health outcomes of young children in …

surviving children. Studies have found substantial variability across countries in the negative impacts of orphanhood on child …

cluster through multilevel statistical modeling. After controlling for characteristics of the children, families, and … communities, the data show a significant nonlinear relationship between altitude and child nutritional status. Peruvian children … living at medium/high altitudes appear to be worse off than children living at extremely high altitudes, where the negative …

to the United States in order to correct for the possible endogeneity of migrant status. They find that children in … for children in migrant households. These results provide a broader and more nuanced view of the health consequences of …

The largest global equity gap in health, is among children, and concentrated in communicable diseases. This note …, developed by the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Children's Fund - whose aim is to reduce childhood deaths …, illnesses, and disabilities, while improving children's growth, and development. IMCI's three main components are to: improve …

disease attributed to environmental factors falls on children below five years of age, who account for about 10 percent of the … world's population. Children are especially susceptible to environmental factors that put them at risk of developing illness …