Socio-economic inequalities in and factors associated with minimum dietary diversity among children aged 6-23 months in South Asia: a decomposition analysis.

Md Ashfikur RahmanSatyajit Kundu Md Akhtarul Islam Mortuja Mahamud TohanMd Akhtarul Islam

Published in: BMJ open (2023)

Inequality in the prevalence of MDD favours the affluent. Health policy and intervention design should prioritise minimising socioeconomic inequalities concerning the MDD. In addition, policy-makers should prioritise the associated factors of MDD such as education, wealth status, employment, media exposure while designing intervention or policies.

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