In Africa, vitamin A deficiency is responsible for approximately 6% of deaths in children under 5 years of age (1). Due to the significant risk that this deficiency has on infant morbidity and mortality (reduced resistance to infections, stunted growth, blindness, death), it is c...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2025/v17i31652
Access to safe, adequate and nutritious food is a basic human right that is essential for good health (WHO, 2008). Unfortunately, this basic right is denied in many low- and middle-income countries, partly due to food insecurity, poverty and inappropriate food distribution (Torhe...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2025/v17i31653
Adequate nutritional practices during early and early childhood are essential to ensure the growth, health and development of the full potential of these children (1). These practices begin with exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of the child's life (2), then contin...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2025/v17i21633
The objective of this study was to evaluate perceptions and beliefs regarding exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) according to the sociodemographic and economic characteristics of mothers of children aged 0 to 59 months in the Wogo rural commune of Sinder/Tillabery/ Niger. This is a cr...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2024/v16i81490
Hamidou Djelifa, IDI GAMBO Aicha, DODO HAMBALI Zouleyhatou, Almou Abdoulaye Alio, GARBA BALLABE Maimouna, Alkassoum Salifou Ibrahim & Hassimi Sadou·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2025
Malnutrition is a serious threat to the well-being and survival of children in low- and middle-income countries. In Niger, the prevalence of global acute malnutrition is over 15%. The objective of this section is to determine the prevalence of global acute malnutrition in breastf...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2025/v17i61753
Feeding practices play a major role in the nutritional status of children (WHO/UNICEF, 2009). The objective of this study was to evaluate the practice of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers of children aged 0 to 59 months in the rural commune of Sinder. This is a cross-sectiona...
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