Psychosocial and environmental determinants of child cognitive development in rural south africa and tanzania: findings from the mal-ed cohort

• Main Authors: Fabrizio Drago (Author), Rebecca J. Scharf (Author), Angelina Maphula (Author), Emanuel Nyathi (Author), Tjale C. Mahopo (Author), Erling Svensen (Author), Estomih Mduma (Author), Pascal Bessong (Author), Elizabeth T. Rogawski McQuade (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Approximately 66% of children under the age of 5 in Sub-Saharan African countries do not reach their full cognitive potential, the highest percentage in the world. Because the majority of studies investigating child cognitive development have been conducted in high-income countri...