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Wealth-related inequalities in undernutrition among under-five children in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Innovative hematological strategies to combat maternal and child mortality in Africa: focus on anemia and sickle cell disease.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Review
- Coexisting maternal and child undernutrition in Ethiopia: Spatial modeling and multilevel analysis of consecutive EDHS data.PloS one · 2026Article
- Decomposing socioeconomic and educational inequalities in infant mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: DHS insights linked to countdown to 2030 and agenda 2063.BMC public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Undernutrition among under five children is a significant public health concern and a key factor in child mortality in developing nations. Addressing early childhood health disparities requires increased focus, as these issues are likely to persist into adulthood. This study examined wealth based inequalities in under-five undernutrition across 35 sub-Saharan African countries. This study utilized a total of 202,290 weighted samples from Demographic and Health Survey datasets across 35 sub-Saharan African countries. Data cleaning was performed using MS Excel, followed by extraction and analysis with STATA V.17 software. To assess wealth-related inequalities in undernutrition, the concentration index and curve, along with Wagstaff decomposition analysis, were employed. A p value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. The overall pooled prevalence of undernutrition among children under five in sub-Saharan Africa was found to be 35.5% (95% CI 32.08, 38.88%), with a high heterogeneity (I
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