Determinants of stunting and severe stunting among Burundian children aged 6-23 months: evidence from a national cross-sectional household survey, 2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Burundi is one of the poorest countries and is among the four countries with the highest prevalence of stunting (58%) among children aged less than 5 years. This situation undermines the economic growth of the country as undernutrition is strongly associated with less schooling and reduced economic productivity. Identifying the determinants of stunting and severe stunting may help policy-makers to direct the limited Burundian resources to the most vulnerable segments of the population, and thus make it more cost effective. This study aimed to identify predictors of stunting and severe stunting among children aged less than two years in Burundi.

Methods

The sample is made up of 6199 children aged 6 to 23 months with complete anthropometric measurements from the bas

SUBMITTER: Nkurunziza S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5526249 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature