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  Perinatal nutrition and immunity to infection

  PubMed Central, 2010

  Epidemiological data provide strong evidence for a relationship between undernutrition and life-threatening infection in infants and children. However, the mechanisms that underlie this relationship are poorly understood. Through foetal life, infancy and childhood, the immune system undergoes a process of functional maturation.
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  Factors affecting prevalence of malnutrition among children under three years of age in Botswana

  African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2006

  This study was a cross-sectional descriptive survey conducted to evaluate the level of malnutrition and the impact of some socio-economic and demographic factors of households on the nutritional status of children under 3years of age in Botswana. 400 households and mothers of children representing 23 health regions of the country participated in the study.
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  Determinants of appropriate child health and nutrition practices among women in rural Gambia

  Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2010

  This study aimed at exploring the factors determining mothers’ choices of appropriate child health and nutrition practices in the Gambia. Eight focus-group discussions (FGDs) were held with 63 women whose children had been seen at the Keneba MRC Clinic within the 12 months preceding the study. The FGDs were analyzed using a thematic framework.
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  Prevalence and Trends of Stunting Among Pre-school Children, 1990-2020

  World Health Organization, 2010

  The objective of this study was to quantify the prevalence and trends of stunting among children using the WHO growth standards. 576 nationally representative surveys were analysed. Linear mixed-effects modelling was used to estimate rates and numbers of affected children from 1990-2010. In 2010 it is estimated that 171 million children (167 million in developing countries) were stunted.
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  Socio-economic Predictors of Stunting in Pre-school Children - a population-based study from Johannesburg and Soweto

  South African Medical Journal, 2009

  This study aims to investigate a range of household-level socio-economic and social support predictors of stunting in children aged less than 30 months. Logical regression models were constructed using a conceptual framework to investigate the association between early life measures of socio-economic status and stunting, using data collected in the Birth to Twenty study.
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  Multisector Intervention to Accelerate Reductions in Child Stunting: An Observational Study from 9 Sub-African Countries

  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2011

  This study was a prospective observational trial, conducted in 9 sub-Saharan African countries to examine changes in childhood stunting and its determinants after 3years of exposure to an integrated, multi-sector intervention and compared these changes to national trends. Baseline levels of childhood stunting was 20%. 2-year old children from villages were enrolled in the study.
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  Leptin Malnutrition and Immune Response in Rural Gambian Children

  British Medical Journal, 2002

  The adipocyte derived hormone, leptin has cytokine-like function and may mediate the effects of starvation on immunity. This study aims to describe the in vivo relation of leptin and immune function in children. Fasting plasma leptin concentrations, immune function, and mucosal function were measured in a cohort of 472 moderately malnourished rural Gambian children.
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  Malaria infection during pregnancy: intrauterine growth retardation and preterm delivery in Malawi

  Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1999

  In sub-Saharan Africa, malaria infection in pregnancy contributes to low birth weight through intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) and preterm delivery (PTD). It was hypothesized that malaria-associated PTD and IUGR have differing etiologies due to timing of infection.
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  The impact of out-of-pocket expenditures on poverty and inequalities in use of maternal and child health services in Bangladesh: evidence from the household income and expenditure surveys 2000–2010

  Asian Development Bank, 2012

  The Government of Bangladesh is committed to ensuring access of its population to adequate healthcare services. However, substantial inequalities exist in maternal and child health outcomes in Bangladesh, with child and maternal mortality rates being much higher in the poorest families than in the non-poor.
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  Impact of out-of-pocket expenditures on families and barriers to use of maternal and child health services in Cambodia: evidence from the Cambodia socio-economic survey 2007

  Asian Development Bank, 2012

  Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in the Asia and Pacific region, yet it has made substantial progress in improving child health outcomes and health service coverage. However, maternal mortality and neonatal mortality rates remain among the highest in Asia and the Pacific. Utilising a special socio-economic survey, the paper finds that:

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