Saïd-Mohamed, RihlatNgandu, Christian BwanganduMomberg, Douglas J.2021-01-062021-01-062020Saïd-Mohamed, R . et al. (2020). The association between household socio-economic status, maternal socio-demographic characteristics and adverse birth and infant growth outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease ,11(4),317-3342040-175210.1017/S2040174419000680http://hdl.handle.net/10566/5584Adverse birth outcomes and infant undernutrition remain the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Impaired infant growth and development, which often begins during foetal development, may persist during the first 2 years of life and has been associated with higher risks of cardiometabolic diseases. This systematic review assessed the associations between maternal demographic characteristics and household socio-economic status (SES), and preterm birth (PTB), small for gestational age, low birth weight (LBW), stunting, wasting and underweight in children under 2 years of age in SSA countries. Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, we searched for publications in three electronic databases (PubMed, Scopus and ScienceDirect). Eleven studies on children under 2 years of age, in four SSA regions, published in English between 1990 and 2018, were included.enInfant undernutritionSocio-economic factorssub-Saharan AfricaBirth outcomesEnvironment statusArticle