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Economic analysis on the socioeconomic determinants of child malnutrition in Lao PDR

Kamiya, Yusuke - Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), … - 2009

The prevalence of stunting and underweight among Lao children is amongst the highest in the region. This paper provides …

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Costed Plan for Scaling Up Nutrition: Nigeria

Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2014

annually, while more than 3 million cases of stunting among children under five will be averted. As it is unlikely that the … five potential scale-up scenarios based on considerations of burden of stunting, potential for impact, resource …

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Scaling Up Nutrition for a More Resilient Mali: Nutrition Diagnostics and Costed Plan for Scaling Up

Shekar, Meera; Mattern, Max; Eozenou, Patric; Eberwein, … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015

of stunting among children under five would be averted. However, because it is unlikely that the Government of Mali or …-up scenarios based on considerations of their potential for impact, the burden of stunting, resource requirements, and …

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Methodological review and revision of the Global Hunger Index

Wiesmann, Doris; Biesalski, Hans Konrad; von Grebmer, Klaus - 2015

replaced with child stunting and child wasting; (2) The weight of one third for the child undernutrition dimension is shared … the population that is calorie deficient (FAO's prevalence of undernourishment); the prevalence of underweight in children … the prevalence of child underweight for the child undernutrition dimension, the use of the under-five mortality rate from …

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Economic Growth and Child Undernutrition in Africa

Harttgen, Kenneth; Klasen, Stephan; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2012

associated with lower individual probabilities of being underweight of about 2.5 percent per one hundred dollars. This …

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Effect of socioeconomic factors on malnutrition among children in Pakistan

Ahmad, Dilshad; Afzal, Mohammad; Imtiaz, Aisha - In: Future Business Journal 6 (2020) 1, pp. 1-11

prevalence of higher frequency of stunting (18.58), wasting (28.43) and underweight (19.54) among children particularly in rural … areas of the study district Multan. Stunting status was significantly associated with children of some month (OR = 1.247, CI ….528-1.972), wealth quintile (OR = 2.174, CI 95% 1.234-3.376) and sanitation facility (OR = 0.789, CI 95% 0.627-1.987). Wasting status was …

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