An adequacy evaluation of a 10-year, four-country nutrition and health programme

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 613-629

  Berti, Peter R ^a   Mildon, Alison ^b   Siekmans, Kendra ^b   Main, Barbara ^b   MacDonald, Carolyn ^b  

^a HealthBridge   (Canada)

^b World Vision Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Anaemia; Iodine; Iron; Nutrition; Program evaluation; Public health; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; INSECTICIDE; IODINE; IRON; MEASLES VACCINE; RETINOL;

ANEMIA; BREASTFEEDING; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH STATUS; IODINE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; NUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRACE ELEMENT; TREND ANALYSIS; VITAMIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ETHIOPIA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALARIA; MALAWI; MEASLES; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; STAFF TRAINING; TANZANIA; VEGETABLE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY; WORM EXPULSION;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ETHIOPIA; GHANA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; IODINE; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; MASS VACCINATION; MICRONUTRIENTS; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TANZANIA; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

ETHIOPIA; GHANA; MALAWI; TANZANIA;

EID: 77952726053     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp389     Document Type: Article

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