article · PLoS ONE
Stunting in children under the age of five remains relatively high across low and lower-middle-income nations in Africa. An analysis shows that childhood stunting is statistically linked to a combination of individual, community, and broader country-level factors. The findings highlight that alongside child, maternal, and local community influences, the national income level of a country plays a significant role. Consequently, nutritional interventions aimed at reducing childhood stunting across the continent must take national economic status into account alongside local and personal factors to be effectively targeted and implemented.
Childhood stunting has long-term impacts on health and development across Africa. By recognising that national income levels affect stunting alongside maternal and community factors, health authorities and funding bodies can tailor public health programmes more effectively to the specific economic contexts of different countries.
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Stunting among children under five years of age in low- and lower-middle-income African countries was relatively high. Individual, community, and country-level factors were statistically associated with childhood stunting. Equally importantly, with child, maternal, and community factors of stunting, the income of countries needs to be considered in providing nutritional interventions to mitigate childhood stunting in Africa.
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0302212
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