... and Tanzania) are middle-HDI (ranking between 20 and 30); and the five remaining (BurkinaFaso, Mozambique, Chad, Malawi and Uganda) can beclassified as low-HDI (ranking 31 and higher). Further, ... higher in slums and peri-urbanareas than in more privileged urban neighborhoods, and even than in rural areas [4,9]. The evidence of large and even widening inequalities in health between the rich ... differentials in malnutrition, on the other. Finally, maternal and father's education, community SES and other measurable covariatesat the mother and child levels only explain a slight part of the...