Good governance, public health expenditures, urbanization and child undernutrition Nexus in Ethiopia: an ecological analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Child undernutrition remains the major public health problem in low and middle-income countries including Ethiopia. The effects of good governance, urbanization and public health expenditure on childhood undernutrition are not well studied in developing countries. The objective of the study is to examine the relationship between quality of governance, public health expenditures, urbanization and child undernutrition in Ethiopia.

Methods

This is pooled data analysis with ecological design. We obtained data on childhood undernutrition from the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Surveys (EDHS) that were conducted in 2000, 2005, 2011 and 2016. Additionally, data on quality of governance for Ethiopia were extracted from the World Governance Indicators (WGI) and public he

SUBMITTER: Biadgilign S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6334413 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature