Prevalence of stunting and its determinants among children under five in 35 Sub-Saharan African countries (2011–2024): Insights from recent demographic health survey data using a generalized linear mixed-effects model with robust poisson regression

• Abdulkerim Hassen Moloro ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: habdulkerim4@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Samara University, Samara, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6081-4108

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• Kebede Gemeda Sabo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Samara University, Samara, Ethiopia

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• Kusse Urmale Mare,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Samara University, Samara, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8522-1504

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• Beriso Furo Wengoro,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Samara University, Samara, Ethiopia

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• Eshetu Elfios Endrias,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia

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• Roda Mehadi Ibrahim,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Jigjiga University, Jigjiga, Ethiopia

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• Teshager Dubie,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Samara University, Samara, Ethiopia

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• Oumer Abdulkadir Ebrahim,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Samara University, Semera, Ethiopia

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• Begetayinoral Kussia Lahole

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7986-6442

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