Thresholds of socio-economic and environmental conditions necessary to escape from childhood malnutrition: a natural experiment in rural Gambia.

CONCLUSIONS: The large difference in growth between children in SES1A living in Western-type housing and SES1B children living in the village, and the very shallow gradient between SES1B and SES5, implies a very high SES threshold before stunting and underweight will be eliminated. This may help to explain the lack of efficacy of the recent WASH interventions and points to the need for what is termed 'Transformative WASH'. Good quality housing, with piped water into the home, may be key to eliminating malnutrition. PMID: 30382849 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Rural Remote Health - Category: Rural Health Authors: Tags: BMC Med Source Type: research