Nutrition advocacy and national development: The PROFILES programme and its application

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 407-415

  Burkhalter, Barton R ^a   Abel, Edward ^d   Aguayo, Victor ^a   Diene, Serigne M ^b   Parlato, Margaret B ^c   Ross, Jay S ^a  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival (BASICS) Project   (Senegal)

^c Academy tor Educational Development   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; NATIONAL STRATEGY; NUTRITION;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BANGLADESH; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILITY; GHANA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NUTRITION; PHILIPPINES; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD SURVIVAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; GHANA; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; LENGTH OF LIFE; MARKETING; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; NUTRITION PROGRAMS; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PHILIPPINES; PLANNING; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROMOTION; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; SOUTHERN ASIA; SURVIVORSHIP; WESTERN AFRICA;

AFRICA, WESTERN; BANGLADESH; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PHILIPPINES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0033037083     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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