Identifying priorities for emergency intervention from child wasting and mortality estimates in vulnerable areas of the Horn of Africa

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Mason, John B ^a   Chotard, Sophie ^b   Cercone, Emily ^b   Dieterich, Megan ^c   Oliphant, Nicholas P ^d   Mebrahtu, Saba ^e   Hailey, Peter ^e  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Whitman Walker Clinic ^*

^c Whitman Walker Clinic   (United States)

^d UNICEF Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa   (Canada)

^e UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Child mortality; Humanitarian intervention; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; DATA INTERPRETATION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DROUGHT; FLOOD; GUIDELINE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMANITARIAN AID; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY RISK; PRIORITIZATION;

ETHIOPIA; HORN OF AFRICA; KENYA; SOMALIA; SUDAN; UGANDA;

AGRICULTURE; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; DROUGHT; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY; ETHIOPIA; FLOODING; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OCCUPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOMALIA; SUDAN; UGANDA; WASTING SYNDROME;

AGRICULTURE; ALTRUISM; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROUGHTS; EMERGENCIES; ETHIOPIA; FLOODS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OCCUPATIONS; SOMALIA; SUDAN; UGANDA; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84865557836     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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