Gender differences in the engagement of work activities across sectors are important elements of gender inequality in rural livelihoods and welfare in developing countries.
To address malnutrition in low- and middle income countries (LMICs), more evidence is needed about the potential of food system innovations to help guide the transformation towards healthier, more sustainable, and equitable food systems.
The sustainable use of clean and safe sources of energy is indeed a global challenge. Traditional and unsafe forms of energy use is predominant among households in sub-Saharan Africa.
Using the 2013 Demographic Health Survey data, this chapter revisits the debate on child poverty drivers in Nigeria by employing a multidimensional poverty approach.
Violence against children is a pervasive public health issue, with limited data available across multiple contexts.
Nigeria’s rural youth are facing various challenges in agriculture, with limited job opportunities outside the sector.
There is a growing interest in the research literature in exploring how child nutrition is affected by sociocultural practices, such as polygyny.
In Nigeria, the low status of women and inflexible gender gaps contribute to weak dietary diversity and chronic child malnutrition.
The Financial and Health Diaries capture high-detail high-frequency data on how low-income households in developing countries manage money and make spending choices around healthcare.
Health shocks (unpredictable illnesses and injuries) are an important source of risk for individuals in developing countries.
The increase in the geographical mobility of labour as a result of poverty, unemployment and unstable economic conditions, among other factors, especially among professionals, has been associated with a brain drain in Nigeria.
Maternal and newborn mortality continue to be major challenges in Nigeria. While greater participation of men in maternal and newborn health has been associated with positive outcomes in many settings, male involvement remains low.
The prevalence of overweight and obesity are increasing in many African countries and hence becoming regional public health challenges.
Increasing temperature, erratic rainfall, and other extreme events, such as floods and droughts, pose severe threats to development in Nigeria.
To inform discussions on future programming to improve child nutrition, a rapid scoping study of the drivers of undernutrition in northern Nigeria was conducted.
