ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2024
Prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies across diverse environments in rural Madagascar.
Article in Frontiers in nutrition, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Prevalence of multiple human intestinal parasites across diverse environments in Madagascar.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Association between serum vitamin A and E status and recurrent respiratory tract infections in children: a propensity score-matched study.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- A social-ecological trap theory-informed investigation of dietary patterns in southwestern Madagascar.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Psychometric properties of the culturally adapted 10-item Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL-10-SW) anxiety subscale for southwestern Madagascar.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- Assessment of Micronutrient Deficiencies in Exclusively Breastfed Infants: A Cross-Sectional Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the 8-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8) to screen for depression in southwestern Madagascar.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- Diarrhea and its associated factors among children aged under five years in Madagascar, 2024: a multilevel logistic regression analysis.BMC public health · 2024Article
- HIARA study protocol: impacts of artificial coral reef development on fisheries, human livelihoods and health in southwestern Madagascar.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
It is estimated that billions of people around the world are affected by micronutrient deficiencies. Madagascar is considered to be particularly nutritionally vulnerable, with nearly half of the population stunted, and parts of the country facing emergency, near famine-like conditions (IPC4). Although Madagascar is generally considered among the most undernourished of countries, empirical data in the form of biological samples to validate these claims are extremely limited. Our research drew data from three studies conducted between 2013-2020 and provided comprehensive biomarker profile information for 4,710 individuals from 30 communities in five different ecological regions during at least one time-point. Estimated prevalences of nutrient deficiencies and inflammation across various regions of rural Madagascar were of concern for both sexes and across all ages, with 66.5% of the population estimated to be deficient in zinc, 15.6% depleted in vitamin B
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