At the recent Global Health Conference at Stanford, Sarah
McCuskee, Michele Barry et al. contributed an introduction of their 2014 study
on malnutrition in Madagascar. They analyzed childhood stunting in eastern
Madagascar’s Ifanadiana, where they discovered a prevalence of 52.6% in children
6-59 months old, and began to assess its predictors. Their initial
interpretation is that “growth impairment may have intergenerational or
household-level” causes in Ifanadiana, supported by correlations between
maternal weight and parental wealth indices and malnutrition vulnerability. The
second phase of the longitudinal, long-term study will assess a second
cross-section of the population with a new age cohort to clarify these potential
predictors. According to Sarah, she and/or her co-authors will indeed be
representing the study and its next stages at the upcoming Madagascar symposium,
A Crucible for Science, Health and the
Environment. February 8th, don’t miss the chance to learn more! You
can find a pdf of the flier at http://globalhealth.stanford.edu/events.html.
http://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/sief-trust-fund/brief/addressing-chronic-malnutrition-in-madagascar
(Emma)