Housing and child health in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Housing is essential to human well-being but neglected in global health. Today, housing in Africa is rapidly improving alongside economic development, creating an urgent need to understand how these changes can benefit health. We hypothesised that improved housing is associated with better health in children living in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of housing conditions relative to a range of child health outcomes in SSA.

Methods and findings

Cross-sectional data were analysed for 824,694 children surveyed in 54 Demographic and Health Surveys, 21 Malaria Indicator Surveys, and two AIDS Indicator Surveys conducted in 33 countries between 2001 and 2017 that measured malaria infection by microscopy or rapid diagnostic test (RDT), di

SUBMITTER: Tusting LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7089421 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature