The impact of civil conflict on infant and child malnutrition, Nigeria, 2013
| Autor: | Embry Howell, Nikhil Holla, Nancy Birdsall, Kevin Jiang, Timothy Waidmann |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine
Male Rural Population conflict wasting Nigeria malnutrition Child Nutrition Disorders Severity of Illness Index 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Civil Conflict Medicine Humans Social conflict 030212 general & internal medicine war Socioeconomics Child Wasting Developing Countries Insurgency 030109 nutrition & dietetics Nutrition and Dietetics Young child business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Obstetrics and Gynecology Infant Boko haram Original Articles Armed Conflicts medicine.disease Malnutrition Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health child health Health survey Original Article Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Maternal & Child Nutrition |
| ISSN: | 1740-8709 1740-8695 |
| Popis: | The new millennium brought renewed attention to improving the health of women and children. In this same period, direct deaths from conflicts have declined worldwide, but civilian deaths associated with conflicts have increased. Nigeria is among the most conflict‐prone countries in Sub‐Saharan Africa, especially recently with the Boko Haram insurgency in the north. This paper uses two data sources, the 2013 Demographic and Health Survey for Nigeria and the Social Conflict Analysis Database, linked by geocode, to study the effect of these conflicts on infant and young child acute malnutrition (or wasting). We show a strong association in 2013 between living close to a conflict zone and acute malnutrition in Nigerian children, with larger effects for rural children than urban children. This is related to the severity of the conflict, measured both in terms of the number of conflict deaths and the length of time the child was exposed to conflict. Undoubtedly, civil conflict is limiting the future prospects of Nigerian children and the country's economic growth. In Nigeria, conflicts in the north are expected to continue with sporadic attacks and continued damaged infrastructure. Thus, Nigerian children, innocent victims of the conflict, will continue to suffer the consequences documented in this study. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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