An evaluation of the impact of a US$60 million nutrition programme in Bangladesh

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-40

  Moazzem Hossain, S M ^a,b   Duffield, Arabella ^b   Taylor, Anna ^b  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child health; Growth monitoring and promotion; Nutrition; Programme impact

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BANGLADESH; BUDGET; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT;

BANGLADESH; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALNUTRITION; MOTHERS; NUTRITION POLICY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 14644433740     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czi004     Document Type: Review

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