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Reducing stunting among children: the potential contribution of diagnostics

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  • Karen A. Ricci

    (RAND Corporation)

  • Federico Girosi

    (RAND Corporation)

  • Phillip I. Tarr

    (Washington University School of Medicine)

  • Yee-Wei Lim

    (RAND Corporation)

  • Carl Mason

    (Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences)

  • Mark Miller

    (National Institutes of Health)

  • James Hughes

    (Emory University, Mail Stop 1370/004/1AD)

  • Lorenz von Seidlein

    (International Vaccine Institute, San 4-8 Bongcheon-7-dong, Kwanak-gu
    the Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit)

  • Jan M. Agosti

    (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)

  • Richard L. Guerrant

    (University of Virginia)

Abstract

Stunting affects ~ 147 million children in developing countries. Studies have pointed to a relationship between stunting and different pathogens that are associated with diarrhoeal illness. New easy-to-use tools for diagnosing these pathogens could help to identify children at risk for growth shortfall, and reduce the prevalence of stunting and the large burden of disease associated with it.

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  • Karen A. Ricci & Federico Girosi & Phillip I. Tarr & Yee-Wei Lim & Carl Mason & Mark Miller & James Hughes & Lorenz von Seidlein & Jan M. Agosti & Richard L. Guerrant, 2006. "Reducing stunting among children: the potential contribution of diagnostics," Nature, Nature, vol. 444(1), pages 29-38, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:444:y:2006:i:1:d:10.1038_nature05444
    DOI: 10.1038/nature05444
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    1. Namulondo, Racheal & Bashaasha, Bernard, 2022. "Labour-saving technologies mitigate the effect of women’s agriculture time-use constraints on stunting in rural Uganda," African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, African Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 17(3), September.

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