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Low malnutrition but high mortality : explaining the puzzle of the Lake Victoria region

Gräb, Johannes; Priebe, Jan - 2010

Comparing DHS data from 235 regions in 29 Sub-Saharan Africa countries, we find that the combination of low levels of malnutrition together with dramatically high rates of mortality, encountered in Kenya's Lake Victoria territory, is unique for Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper explores the causes...

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Methodological review and revision of the global hunger index

Wiesmann, Doris; Biesalski, Hans-Konrad - 2015

dietary energy supply, (2) child undernutrition, and (3) child mortality. The initial version of the index included the … the prevalence of child underweight for the child undernutrition dimension, the use of the under-five mortality rate from … replaced with child stunting and child wasting; (2) The weight of one third for the child undernutrition dimension is shared …

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An assessment of the effects of the 2002 food crisis on children's health in Malawi

Hartwig, Renate; Grimm, Michael - 2009

In 2002 Malawi experienced a serious shortage of cereals due to adverse climatic conditions. The World Food Programme assumed that about 2.1 to 3.2 million people were threatened of starvation at that time. However, not much research has been undertaken to investigate the actual consequences of...

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Civil war, famine and the persistence of human capital: evidence from Tajikistan

Grogan, Louise Anne - 2021

The dissolution of the Soviet Union and 1992-96 Tajik civil war resulted in huge human and economic losses. Nevertheless, contemporary data suggest the persistence of investments in human capital in the region most affected by famine and least favoured since the cessation of hostilities,...

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