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Factors associated with health and nutritional status among children under five years old in Afghanistan [1]

Child health in war-torn Afghanistan is suffering due to mothers' low educational background and inability to access healthcare. A study found that 32.5 per cent of under-fives are suffering from acute diarrhoea and 41.5 per cent from breathing illnesses, while over 40 per cent have stunted growth.

Publication Date: 
29/08/2008
Taufiq Mashal [2], Takehito Takano [3], Keiko Nakamura & et al [4]
BMC Public Health [5]
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Tags:
Maternal Health [6], Health Care [7], Child Health [8], Nutritional Diseases [9], Education [10], Afghanistan [11]
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/taufiq-mashal
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/takehito-takano
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/keiko-nakamura-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/bmc-public-health
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maternal-health
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-care
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-health
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nutritional-diseases
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/education
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/afghanistan