The humanitarian emergency in Burundi: Evaluation of the operational strategy for management of nutritional crisis

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 699-705

  Rossi, Laura ^a   Verna, Daniel ^b   Villeneuve, Susie L ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Burundi; Complex emergency; Programme evaluation; Severe malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURUNDI; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DATA BASE; DISASTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EVALUATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER;

BURUNDI; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRITION POLICY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RELIEF WORK; STARVATION; WAR;

EID: 44649088995     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007001413     Document Type: Article

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