Child malnutrition in Haiti: Progress despite disasters

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 389-396

  Ayoya, Mohamed Ag ^a   Heidkamp, Rebecca ^b   Ngnie Teta, Ismael ^a   Pierre, Joseline Marhone ^c   Stoltzfus, Rebecca J ^d  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c National Food and Nutrition Program Coordination Unit   (Haïti)

^d Division of Nutritional Sciences ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84894418264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00069     Document Type: Article

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