U.S., Aug. 22 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07134790) titled 'Maternal Probiotic Intervention to Improve Gut Health - Trial II - Burkina Faso (MPIGH-II)' on July 07.
Brief Summary: Burden: Environmental Enteric Dysfunction (EED) is an enteropathic condition characterized by altered gut permeability, infiltration of immune cells and changes in villous architecture and cell differentiation. EED is a major reason of malnourishment, poor neurological development, stunting, oral vaccine failure, and infection. It is believed that EED is responsible for 40% of all childhood stunting.
Knowledge gap: To date the focus of research on childhood stunting has been on the young child. It is increasingly a...