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Magnitude of underweight, wasting and stunting among HIV positive children in East Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Biruk Beletew AbateTeshome Gebremeskel AragieGetachew Tesfaw
Published in: PloS one (2020)
The results presented above provide evidence of a higher prevalence of under nutrition among HIV positive children in East Africa. Despite the country level variations of child under nutrition in East Africa, still it is high in all aspects compared to the studies from other parts of Africa. It is recommended that further systematic review and meta-analysis need to be conducted on magnitude of malnutrition among HIV positive children in Sub-Saharan Africa as a whole.
Keyphrases
  • hiv positive
  • men who have sex with men
  • south africa
  • antiretroviral therapy
  • young adults
  • human immunodeficiency virus
  • hiv infected
  • physical activity
  • risk factors