Reducing child global undernutrition at scale in Sofala Province, Mozambique, using Care Group Volunteers to communicate health messages to mothers

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-51

  Davis, Thomas P ^a   Wetzel, Carolyn ^a   Avilan, Emma Hernandez ^b   De Mendoza Lopes, Cecilia ^c   Chase, Rachel P ^d   Winch, Peter J ^d   Perry, Henry B ^d  

^a Food for the Hungry   (United States)

^b International Relief and Development   (Mozambique)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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

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EID: 84897047486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00045     Document Type: Review

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