Maternal and child nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and interventions

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-108

  Lartey, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

HIV infected mothers; Intervention; Maternal malnutrition; Pregnant and lactating women

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

AFRICA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUNGER; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; WEIGHT GAIN; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; WEANING;

EID: 38749115865     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665108006083     Document Type: Article

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