Abdul-Wahab Inusah

Trends and inequalities in severe wasting among children under five in Ghana based on a secondary analysis of national surveys 1988–2022

Severe wasting, defined as weight-for-height z-score below − 3 standard deviations according to the WHO Child Growth Standards, reflects acute undernutrition and is associated with a substantially elevated risk of mortality among children under five years. In Ghana, most studies of child undernutrition focus on stuntin...