Pooled prevalence and its determinants of stunting among children during their critical period in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Amare Kassaw ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: amarekassaw2009@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1321-9151

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• Yohannes Tesfahun Kassie,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Emergency and Critical Care Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia

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• Demewoz Kefale,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia

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• Molla Azmeraw,

  Roles Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Woldia University, Woldia, Ethiopia

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• Getachew Arage,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia

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• Worku Necho Asferi,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia

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• Tigabu Munye,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Adult Health Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia

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• Solomon Demis,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia

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• Amare simegn,

  Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Midwifery, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia

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• Muluken Chanie Agimas,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatics, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Shegaw Zeleke

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Adult Health Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia

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