Determinants of stunting and severe stunting among under-fives in Tanzania: evidence from the 2010 cross-sectional household survey

Chirande, Lulu; Donald Charwe, Deborah; Ally Mbwana, Hadijah; Victor, Rose; Kimboka, Sabas; I. Issaka, Abukari; Baines, Surinder; J. Dibley, Michael; Agho, Kingsley

doi:10.1186/s12887-015-0482-9

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Determinants of stunting and severe stunting among under-fives in Tanzania: evidence from the 2010 cross-sectional household survey

Published in BMC Pediatrics • Oct 21, 2015

Authors:

Lulu Chirande

Deborah Donald Charwe

Hadijah Ally Mbwana

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Stunting is one of the main public health problems in Tanzania. It is caused mainly by malnutrition among children aged less than 5 years. Identifying the determinants of stunting and severe stunting among such children would help public health planners to reshape and redesign new interv...

Subject

Medicine

Tanzania

Public health

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