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ArticleJournal of nutrition and metabolism2021

High-Prevalence Stunting in Preschool Children (1-5 Years) Attending Selected Health Centers in a Food Rich Area-Bushenyi District Southwestern Uganda.

Douglas Mugarura, Herbert Izo Ninsiima, Hellen Kinyi, Ejike Daniel Eze, Sam Tumwesigire, Prossy Mbekeeka, Andrew Ndamira

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Article in Journal of nutrition and metabolism, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Douglas MugaruraDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.
Herbert Izo NinsiimaDepartment of Physiology, Kabale University School of Medicine, Kabale, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6016-6091
Hellen KinyiDepartment of Biochemistry, Kabale University School of Medicine, Kabale, Uganda.
Ejike Daniel EzeDepartment of Physiology, Kabale University School of Medicine, Kabale, Uganda.
Sam TumwesigireDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kabale University School of Medicine, Kabale, Uganda.
Prossy MbekeekaDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.
Andrew NdamiraDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.
Kabale University · UGKampala International University · UG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prevalence of stunting among children in Uganda and Sub-Saharan Africa is still high, and if Uganda is to achieve the food-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it must urgently invest in improving nutrition and sanitation. In a food rich area like Bushenyi, chronic undernutrition could be due to several other factors than mere scarcity of food.

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PMID34336276
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