Co-morbid anaemia and stunting among children of pre-school age in low- and middle-income countries: a syndemic

• Published in: Public health nutrition Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 35 - 43
• Main Authors: Tran, Thach Duc, Biggs, Beverley-Ann, Holton, Sara, Nguyen, Hau Thi Minh, Hanieh, Sarah, Fisher, Jane
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.01.2019
• Subjects: Age; Albania; Anemia; Anemia - epidemiology; Blood; Breastfeeding & lactation; Child, Preschool; childhood; Children; Children & youth; Comorbidity; Data processing; Demographics; Demography; Developing countries; Developing Countries - statistics & numerical data; Early childhood education; educational status; Environmental factors; Female; Global health; Growth Disorders - epidemiology; growth retardation; Health surveys; HOT TOPIC: Child/Adolescent Nutrition; Households; Humans; Income; Infant; Infectious diseases; LDCs; logit analysis; Low income groups; Male; Morbidity; mothers; Prevalence; Public health; Research Paper; Rural areas; Secondary analysis; social factors; sociodemographic characteristics; Software; Studies; Trends; World Health Organization; Yemen; United States > US; Albania; Yemen; Anaemia; Low- and middle-income countries; Child; Stunting; Syndemic

To determine the prevalence of co-morbidity of two important global health challenges, anaemia and stunting, among children aged 6-59 months in low- and middle-income countries. Secondary analysis of data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted 2005-2015. Child stunting and anaemia were...