Stories of change in nutrition in Burkina Faso 1992-2018: a micro-level perspective.

ABSTRACT: Looking back at what has effectively improved nutrition may inform policy makers on how to accelerate progress to end all forms of malnutrition by 2030. As under-five stunting declined substantially in Burkina Faso, we analyzed its nutrition story at the micro-level. We conducted a regression-decomposition analysis to identify demographic and health drivers associated with change in height-for-age using longitudinal, secondary, nationally-representative data. We triangulated results with findings from semi-structured community interviews (n = 91) in two "model communities" with a history of large stunting reduction. We found that improvement in immunization coverage, assets accumulation and reduction in open defecation were associated with 23%, 10% and 6.1% of the improvement in height-for

SUBMITTER: Becquey E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9325828 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature