The impact of civil conflict on infant and child malnutrition, Nigeria, 2013.
Nigeria
child health
conflict
malnutrition
war
wasting
Journal
Maternal & child nutrition
ISSN: 1740-8709
Titre abrégé: Matern Child Nutr
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101201025
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2020
07 2020
Historique:
received:
21
02
2019
revised:
11
12
2019
accepted:
16
01
2020
pubmed:
13
2
2020
medline:
6
5
2021
entrez:
13
2
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32048455
doi: 10.1111/mcn.12968
pmc: PMC7296780
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e12968Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors. Maternal & Child Nutrition published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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