Women empowerment and minimum daily meal frequency among infants and young children in Ghana: analysis of Ghana demographic and health survey

Key messages Minimum daily meal frequency is influenced by various dimensions of empowerment of women such as economic and socio-familial empowerment. There is the need for improved advocacy for women to be involved in decision-making on family visits and large household purchases as these activitie...

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Main Authors: Louis Kobina Dadzie (Author), Joshua Amo-Adjei (Author), Kobina Esia-Donkoh (Author)
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Published: BMC, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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