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Insufficient growth during childhood is associated with poor health outcomes and an increased risk of death. Between 2000 and 2015, nearly all African countries demonstrated improvements for children under 5 years old for stunting, wasting, and underweight, the core components of child growth failure. Here we show that striking subnational heterogeneity in levels and trends of child growth remains. If current rates of progress are sustained, many areas of Africa will meet the World Health Org...
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- Nature Publishing Group Publisher's website
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- Nature Journal website
- Volume:
- 555
- Issue:
- 7694
- Pages:
- 41-47
- Publication date:
- 2018-02-05
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-01-17
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1476-4687
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0028-0836
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pubs:828008
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uri:679419b3-126c-463f-bc96-b0cba8ca61a6
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uuid:679419b3-126c-463f-bc96-b0cba8ca61a6
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- Hay et al
- Copyright date:
- 2018
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Mapping child growth failure in Africa between 2000 and 2015.
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