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ArticleNature2018

Mapping child growth failure in Africa between 2000 and 2015.

Aaron Osgood-Zimmerman, Anoushka I Millear, Rebecca W Stubbs, Chloe Shields, Brandon V Pickering, Lucas Earl, Nicholas Graetz, Damaris K Kinyoki, Sarah E Ray, Samir Bhatt and 31 more

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Article in Nature, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 121 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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121 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

41 authors.

Aaron Osgood-ZimmermanInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Anoushka I MillearInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Rebecca W StubbsInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Chloe ShieldsInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Brandon V PickeringInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Lucas EarlInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Nicholas GraetzInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Damaris K KinyokiInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Sarah E RayInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Samir BhattDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Annie J BrowneBig Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7FZ, UK.
Roy BursteinInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Ewan CameronBig Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7FZ, UK.
Daniel C CaseyInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Aniruddha DeshpandeInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Nancy FullmanInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Peter W GethingBig Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7FZ, UK.
Harry S GibsonBig Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7FZ, UK.
Nathaniel J HenryInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Mario HerreroCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, St Lucia, Queensland 4067, Australia.
L Kendall KrauseBill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.
Ian D LetourneauInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Aubrey J LevineInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Patrick Y LiuInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Joshua LongbottomBig Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7FZ, UK.
Benjamin K MayalaInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Jonathan F MosserInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Abdisalan M NoorKenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
David M PigottInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Ellen G PiwozBill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.
Puja RaoInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Rahul RawatBill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.
Robert C ReinerInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
David L SmithInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Daniel J WeissBig Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7FZ, UK.
Kirsten E WiensInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Ali H MokdadInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Stephen S LimInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Christopher J L MurrayInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Nicholas J KassebaumInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.
Simon I HayInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA.

Funding

GRADUATE TRAINING IN DEMOGRAPHYT32HD007242 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MICHEL GUILLOT · 1985 to 2026
$6.6M
Medical Research Council MR/R015600/1NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD007242
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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 failure. Here we show that striking subnational heterogeneity in levels and trends of child growth remains. If current rates of progress are sustained, many areas of Africa will meet the World Health Organization Global Targets 2025 to improve maternal, infant and young child nutrition, but high levels of growth failure will persist across the Sahel. At these rates, much, if not all of the continent will fail to meet the Sustainable Development Goal target-to end malnutrition by 2030. Geospatial estimates of child growth failure provide a baseline for measuring progress as well as a precision public health platform to target interventions to those populations with the greatest need, in order to reduce health disparities and accelerate progress.

Indexed as

Child DevelopmentGrowthAfricaChild, PreschoolFemaleGoalsGrowth DisordersHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMalnutritionPrevalencePublic HealthThinnessWasting Syndrome

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PMID29493591
PMCPMC6346257

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