Browsing by Author "Linda M Richter"

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    Effects of early-life poverty on health and human capital in children and adolescents: analyses of national surveys and birth cohort studies in LMICs
    (2022-04-30) Cesar G Victora; Fernando P Hartwig; Luis P Vidaletti; Reynaldo Martorell; Clive Osmond; Linda M Richter; Aryeh D Stein; Aluisio J D Barros; Linda S Adair; Fernando C Barros; Santosh K Bhargava; Bernardo L Horta; Maria F Kroker-Lobos; Nanette R Lee; Ana Maria B Menezes; Joseph Murray; Shane A Norris; Harshpal S Sachdev; Alan Stein; Jithin S Varghese; Zulfiqar A Bhutta; Robert E Black
    The survival and nutrition of children and, to a lesser extent, adolescents have improved substantially in the past two decades. Improvements have been linked to the delivery of effective biomedical, behavioural, and environmental interventions; however, large disparities exist between and within countries. Using data from 95 national surveys in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), we analyse how strongly the health, nutrition, and cognitive development of children and adolescents are related to early-life poverty. Additionally, using data from six large, long-running birth cohorts in LMICs, we show how early-life poverty can have a lasting effect on health and human capital throughout the life course. We emphasise the importance of implementing multisectoral anti-poverty policies and programmes to complement specific health and nutrition interventions delivered at an individual level, particularly at a time when COVID-19 continues to disrupt economic, health, and educational gains achieved in the recent past.