Mapping child growth failure in Africa between 2000 and 2015.

Insufficient growth during childhood is associated with poor health outcomes and an increased risk of death. Between 2000 and 2015, nearly all African countries demonstrated improvements for children under 5 years old for stunting, wasting, and underweight, the core components of child growth failur...

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Main Authors: Osgood-Zimmerman, A, Millear, AI, Stubbs, RW, Shields, C, Pickering, BV, Earl, L, Graetz, N, Kinyoki, DK, Ray, SE, Bhatt, S, Browne, AJ, Burstein, R, Cameron, E, Casey, DC, Deshpande, A, Fullman, N, Gething, PW, Gibson, HS, Henry, NJ, Herrero, M, Krause, LK, Letourneau, ID, Levine, AJ, Liu, PY, Longbottom, J, Mayala, BK, Mosser, JF, Noor, AM, Pigott, DM, Piwoz, EG, Rao, P, Rawat, R, Reiner, RC, Smith, DL, Weiss, DJ, Wiens, KE, Mokdad, AH, Lim, SS, Murray, CJL, Kassebaum, NJ, Hay, SI
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018