Household cooking fuel type and childhood anaemia in sub-Saharan Africa: analysis of cross-sectional surveys of 123, 186 children from 29 countries

Amadu, Iddrisu; Seidu, Abdul-Aziz; Afitiri, Abdul-Rahaman; Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku; Yaya, Sanni

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048724

Household cooking fuel type and childhood anaemia in sub-Saharan Africa: analysis of cross-sectional surveys of 123, 186 children from 29 countries

Objective This study sought to investigate the joint effect of household cooking fuel type and urbanicity (rural–urban residency) on anaemia among children under the age of five in sub-Saharan Africa. Design We analysed cross-sectional data of 123, 186 children under the age of five from 29 sub-S…