... morbidity and mor-tality are several times higher in slums and peri-urban areas than in more privileged urban neighborhoods, and even than in rural areas [4,9].The evidence of large and even ... in child malnutrition acrossurban and rural areas. Our results show that in all coun-tries and areas (urban or rural), children from the pooresthouseholds stand greater risk to be undernourished, ... urban and rural areas inhealth inequalities. Specifically, the goals of this study are:(1) to document and compare the magnitude of inequi-ties in child malnutrition across urban and rural areas; and...