TY - JOUR
T1 - A one health approach to child stunting
T2 - Evidence and research agenda
AU - Gharpure, Radhika
AU - Mor, Siobhan M.
AU - Viney, Mark
AU - Hodobo, Tinashe
AU - Lello, Joanne
AU - Siwila, Joyce
AU - Dube, Kululeko
AU - Robertson, Ruairi C.
AU - Mutasa, Kuda
AU - Berger, Cedric N.
AU - Hirai, Mitsuaki
AU - Brown, Tim
AU - Ntozini, Robert
AU - Evans, Ceri
AU - Hoto, Patience
AU - Smith, Laura E.
AU - Tavengwa, Naume V.
AU - Joyeux, Mathieu
AU - Humphrey, Jean H.
AU - Berendes, David
AU - Prendergast, Andrew J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2021 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
PY - 2021/5/5
Y1 - 2021/5/5
N2 - Stunting (low height for age) affects approximately one-quarter of children aged < 5 years worldwide. Given the limited impact of current interventions for stunting, new multisectoral evidence-based approaches are needed to decrease the burden of stunting in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Recognizing that the health of people, animals, and the environment are connected, we present the rationale and research agenda for considering a One Health approach to child stunting.Wecontend that a One Health strategy may uncover new approaches to tackling child stunting by addressing several interdependent factors that prevent children from thriving in LMICs, and that coordinated interventions among human health, animal health, and environmental health sectors may have a synergistic effect in stunting reduction.
AB - Stunting (low height for age) affects approximately one-quarter of children aged < 5 years worldwide. Given the limited impact of current interventions for stunting, new multisectoral evidence-based approaches are needed to decrease the burden of stunting in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Recognizing that the health of people, animals, and the environment are connected, we present the rationale and research agenda for considering a One Health approach to child stunting.Wecontend that a One Health strategy may uncover new approaches to tackling child stunting by addressing several interdependent factors that prevent children from thriving in LMICs, and that coordinated interventions among human health, animal health, and environmental health sectors may have a synergistic effect in stunting reduction.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85105574971
U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1129
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1129
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33684062
AN - SCOPUS:85105574971
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 104
SP - 1620
EP - 1624
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 5
ER -