We know much about what to do but little about how to do it: Experiences with a weekly multimicronutrient supplementation campaign

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Gross, Rainer ^a   Gross, Ursula ^b   Lechtig, Aarón ^b   López de Romaña, Daniel ^c  

^a Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^b Agencia Internacional de Seguridad Alimentaria   (Peru)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

Author keywords

Food security; Multimicronutrient supplementation; Under five children; Urban; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845890067     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/15648265060274s401     Document Type: Editorial

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