The new millennium brought renewed attention to improving the health of women and children. In this same period, direct deaths from conflicts have declined worldwide, but civilian deaths associated with conflicts have increased. Nigeria is among the most conflict-prone countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially recently with the Boko Haram insurgency in the north. This paper uses two data sources, the 2013 Demographic and Health Survey for Nigeria and the Social Conflict Analysis Database, linked by geocode, to study the effect of these conflicts on infant and young child acute malnutrition (or wasting). We show a strong association in 2013 between living close to a conflict zone and acute malnutrition in Nigerian children, with larger effects for rural children than urban children. This is related to the severity of the conflict, measured both in terms of the number of conflict deaths and the length of time the child was exposed to conflict. Undoubtedly, civil conflict is limiting the future prospects of Nigerian children and the country's economic growth. In Nigeria, conflicts in the north are expected to continue with sporadic attacks and continued damaged infrastructure. Thus, Nigerian children, innocent victims of the conflict, will continue to suffer the consequences documented in this study.

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内战对婴儿和儿童营养不良的影响，尼日利亚，2013 年。


新千年使人们重新关注改善妇女和儿童的健康。同一时期，全球范围内冲突造成的直接死亡人数有所下降，但与冲突相关的平民死亡人数有所增加。尼日利亚是撒哈拉以南非洲最容易发生冲突的国家之一，特别是最近北部发生了博科圣地叛乱。本文使用两个数据源，即 2013 年尼日利亚人口与健康调查和通过地理编码链接的社会冲突分析数据库，来研究这些冲突对婴幼儿急性营养不良（或消瘦）的影响。 2013 年，我们发现尼日利亚儿童生活在冲突地区附近与严重营养不良之间存在密切关联，对农村儿童的影响大于城市儿童。这与冲突的严重程度有关，以冲突死亡人数和儿童接触冲突的时间长度来衡量。毫无疑问，国内冲突正在限制尼日利亚儿童的未来前景和该国的经济增长。在尼日利亚，北部冲突预计将持续，零星袭击和基础设施持续受损。因此，尼日利亚儿童作为冲突的无辜受害者，将继续遭受本研究记录的后果。