Community based maternal and child health nutrition project, Uttar Pradesh: An innovative strategy focusing on "at risk" families

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 234-239

  Vir, Sheila ^a  

^a USAID New Delhi   (India)

Author keywords

Accredited social health activists; at risk families; child feeding practices; community volunteers; inter personal counseling; severe malnutrition; undernutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889653604     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.120159     Document Type: Article

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