Analyzing the impact of an MDG-Fund program on childhood malnutrition in Timor-Leste.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Timor-Leste's food insecurity, propelled by political conflicts, a fragile economy and biophysical limitations that characterize mountainous Small Island Developing States (SIDS), is expressed in a high incidence (50%) of stunted children. Hence, the Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund's Joint Program's (MDG-F JP) in 2009 was a timely intervention to reduce prevalence of underweight among under-fives. Since the impact of the program remains largely unclear, the current study investigates the contributions of the MDG-F JP on improving children's nutritional status in Timor-Leste, in order to inform policymakers on how to make future programs more effective.

Methods

Using bivariate analyses and multiple linear regression models we analyzed Demographic and

SUBMITTER: Van der Spek L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10993443 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature