ArticleBulletin of the World Health Organization2022
Unequal coverage of nutrition and health interventions for women and children in seven countries.
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- Effects of nutritional interventions on the physical development of preschool children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Translational pediatrics · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine inequalities and opportunity gaps in co-coverage of health and nutrition interventions in seven countries.
methodsWe used data from the most recent (2015-2018) demographic and health surveys of mothers with children younger than 5 years in Afghanistan (
findingsOnly 15% of 231 113 mother-child pairs received all eight health interventions (weighted percentage). The percentage of mother-child pairs who received no nutrition interventions was highest in Pakistan (25%). Wealth gaps (richest versus poorest) for co-coverage of health interventions were largest for Pakistan (slope index of inequality: 62 percentage points) and Afghanistan (38 percentage points). Wealth gaps for co-coverage of nutrition interventions were highest in India (32 percentage points) and Bangladesh (20 percentage points). Coverage of nutrition interventions was lower than for associated health interventions, with opportunity gaps ranging from 4 to 54 percentage points.
conclusionCo-coverage of health and nutrition interventions is far from optimal and disproportionately affects poor households in south Asia. Policy and programming efforts should pay attention to closing coverage, equity and opportunity gaps, and improving nutrition delivery through health-care and other delivery platforms.
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