Impact of Feed the Future initiative on nutrition in children aged less than 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa: difference-in-differences analysis.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of the US government's Feed the Future initiative on nutrition outcomes in children younger than 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa. DESIGN:Difference-in-differences quasi-experimental approach. SETTING:Households in 33 low and lower middle income countries in sub-Saharan Africa. POPULATION:883 309 children aged less than 5 years with weight, height, and age recorded in 118 surveys conducted in 33 countries between 2000 and 2017: 388 052 children were from Feed the Future countries and 495 257 were from non-Feed the Future countries. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:A difference-in-differences approach was used to compare outcomes among children in intervention countries after implementation of the initiative with children before its introduction and children in non-interv

SUBMITTER: Ryckman T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7190055 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature