Background. Stunting reflects chronic undernutrition during the most critical periods of
growth and development in early life. The study was aimed at assessing the magnitude of …

Background. Child malnutrition continues to be the leading public health problem in
developing countries. In Ethiopia, malnutrition is a leading cause of child illness and death …

Background: Ethiopia is one of the four low income countries in achieving MDG4, however,
minimizing child undernutrition became critical undertaking thus far. This review aimed at …

Background Children in developing countries are highly vulnerable to impaired physical
growth because of poor dietary intake, lack of appropriate care, and repeated infections …

Background. Malnutrition is major public health problem worldwide, particularly in
developing countries including Ethiopia. In 2016, out of 667 million children under five years …

Background Undernutrition among children continues to be a major public health problem in
developing countries. In Ethiopian, 44% of under-five children were stunted while 29% and …

Stunting is a public health issue of global concern. Despite, poor sanitation, diarrhea,
parasitic infections, and environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) are associated with …

This study assessed the prevalence and risk factors associated with underweight, stunting
and wasting among children aged 0–24 months in six districts of Kilimanjaro region …

Background Globally, in every three preschool children one is affected by malnutrition. In
Ethiopia, child undernutrition continues to be a serious public health problem. Data are …

Background Most of the nearly 104 million underweight children in the world lived in South
East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa in 2010. According to the 2014 Ethiopian Demographic …