Livestock ownership, household food security and childhood anaemia in rural Ghana.
The mechanisms through which livestock ownership is associated with childhood anaemia are contested. Using a cross-sectional, community-based survey of 300 households in southern Ghana, we determined the associations of household livestock ownership with anaemia among children aged 2-5 years. Potent...
Main Authors: | Aaron Kobina Christian, Mark L Wilson, Richmond N O Aryeetey, Andrew D Jones |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-01-01
|
Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219310 |
Similar Items
-
Correlates and spatial distribution of the co-occurrence of childhood anaemia and stunting in Ghana
by: Aaron Kobina Christian, et al.
Published: (2020-12-01) -
Associations between livestock ownership and lower odds of anaemia among children 6–59 months old are not mediated by animal‐source food consumption in Ghana
by: Nathalie J. Lambrecht, et al.
Published: (2021-07-01) -
Climate variability, subsistence agriculture and household food security in rural Ghana
by: Peter Asare-Nuamah
Published: (2021-04-01) -
Livestock products of households in ensuring food security in Kazakhstan
by: Yessymkhanova Zeinegul, et al.
Published: (2021-01-01) -
Compliance Audit of Processed Complementary Foods in Urban Ghana
by: Richmond Nii Okai Aryeetey, et al.
Published: (2015-10-01)