Assessing and decomposing inequality of opportunity in access to child health and nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from three countries with low human development index

Assessing and decomposing inequality of opportunity in access to child health and nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from three countries with low human development index

Abstract Background Inequality of opportunity in health and nutrition is a major public health issue in the developing regions. This study analyzed the patterns and extent of inequality of opportunity in health and nutrition among children under-five across three countries sub-Saharan Africa with lo...

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Main Authors: Yacobou Sanoussi, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Sanni Yaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Subjects:
Inequality of health opportunities
Human opportunity index
Dissimilarity index
Maternal and child health
Congo
Guinea Bissau
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-020-01258-5

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