Factors associated with stunting in healthy children aged 5 years and less living in Bangui (RCA).

ABSTRACT: Stunting remains a major public health concern worldwide. Although its global prevalence is slowly decreasing, the actual number of affected children is still rising in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the Central African Republic (CAR), about one third of all children below the age of five are stunted. Stunting is correlated with many long-term consequences, including poor cognitive development and a higher rate of morbidity and mortality, making stunting a major contributor to poverty. In CAR, little is known about the factors that contribute to stunting. This study aimed at analysing, in a cross-sectional study, the main factors associated with stunting in a group of 414 children recruited between December 2011 and November 2013, aged five years or less and living in Bangui. For all children, dem

SUBMITTER: Vonaesch P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5552116 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature