Variations in the association between standalone and coexisting forms of undernutrition and common infectious morbidities among children in sub-Saharan Africa
Misganaw Gebrie Worku, Theo Niyonsenga, Zelalem Mengesha, Itismita Mohanty · 2026
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Misganaw Gebrie Worku and colleagues study how forms of child undernutrition pair with common infections in Africa, in work published in 2026. Poor nutrition drives much illness in children under five, yet single and combined forms may not carry the same risk.
The team used health survey data from 2016 to 2024 across 27 sub-Saharan countries, with a weighted sample of 157,800 young children, as counted in the report. Nutrition was scored by a composite index that catches stunting, wasting, and underweight alone or together. Illness covered chest infections and diarrhea in the weeks before each survey. Layered models with country and village effects weighed each form. Sorting which failure pattern most raises infection odds can aim food aid where it cuts illness most.
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| CREATOR | Misganaw Gebrie Worku, Theo Niyonsenga, Zelalem Mengesha, Itismita Mohanty |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47091 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |