Drivers of stunting reduction in Ethiopia: A country case study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 112, Issue , 2020, Pages 875S-893S

  Tasic, Hana ^a   Akseer, Nadia ^a,b   Gebreyesus, Seifu H ^c   Ataullahjan, Anushka ^a   Brar, Samanpreet ^a   Confreda, Erica ^a   Conway, Kaitlin ^a   Endris, Bilal S ^c   Islam, Muhammad ^a   Keats, Emily ^a   Mohammedsanni, Afrah ^c   Wigle, Jannah ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a,b,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Children; East africa; Ethiopia; Exemplar; Linear growth; Mixed methods; Nutrition; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECENTRALIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; HARVEST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUNTING; CASE STUDY; DEFECATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL WELFARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ECONOMICS; GROWTH DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85091125366     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa163     Document Type: Article

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