Childhood malnutrition in Africa is a glaring example of global inequality, and mortality remains high. Here, the authors report the results of the TAME randomized phase II clinical trial, in which intestinal healing was the target of four potential interventions in malnourished children in Zambia an...
Fighting Child Malnutrition In Africa Through The Use Of Micronutrient Supplements.doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2010.1138The article focuses on the usage of Sprinkles, a micronutrient supplement added to food, in fighting child malnutrition in Africa. It discusses the significance of the micronuutrient supplement...
Malnourished: Malnutrition is a widespread problem in Africa. Credit: E M Meemken Malnourished: Malnutrition is a widespread problem in Africa. Credit: E M Meemken Hunger and undernutrition are still widespread problems in Africa. At the same time, overweight, obesity, and related chronic diseases...
HIV/AIDS and child malnutrition are pervasive in eastern and southern Africa. This paper employs crossヽountry panel data on 20 countries from 1991 to 2017 to explore the macro﹍evel relationship between HIV/AIDS and child malnutrition. Using instrumental variables (IV) regression, we find that ...
There has been progress in mitigating child malnutrition in the past 25 years. However, about 23 million children of primary school age attend classes starving. Child mortality in Africa is the highest in the world with 90 out of 1000 children dying before the age of five due to malnutrition...
Tens of thousands of children in Ethiopia are suffering from the "most deadly" form of malnutrition as a prolonged drought ravages the east and south of the country, British charity Save the Children said Thursday. Four consecutive rainy seasons have failed in the Horn of Africa, with a fifth...
The effects of malnutrition on child mortality in developing countries. Conventional methods of classifying causes of death suggest that about 70% of the deaths of children (aged 0-4 years) worldwide are due to diarrhoeal illne... DL Pelletier,FE Jr,DG Schroeder,... - 《Bulletin of the Wor...
Dietary changes and the health transition in South Africa: implications for health policy - Eldis NP Steyn,D Bradshaw,R Norman - 《Fao Food & Nutrition Paper》 被引量: 145发表: 2006年 Home visits by neighborhood Mentor Mothers provide timely recovery from childhood malnutrition in South Africa:...
December summit in Tokyo aims to tackle the sharp rise in childhood malnutrition caused by the pandemic Special ReportDelivering for the World’s Children Students need radical solutions to catch up post-Covid Global gains in education are at risk as Covid-19 shuts 1.6bn learners out of school...
AfricaHealth and nutrition in early childhood are essential for survival, growth and adult life outcomes. As such, a number of global and national interventions have been pursued to improve early childhood health and nutrition. However, child malnutrition is pervasive and endemic across the sub ...