Community-based management of acute malnutrition in Bangladesh: Feasibility and constraints

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 277-285

  Choudhury, Nuzhat ^a   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^a,b   Hossain, Md Iqbal ^a,b   Mandal, Barendra Nath ^c   Mothabbir, Golam ^d   Rahman, Mustafizur ^e   Islam, M Munirul ^a   Husain, Mohammad Mushtuq ^c   Nargis, Makhduma ^c   Rahman, Ekhlasur ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (Bangladesh)

^d SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute of Public Health Dhaka   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Acute malnutrition; Bangladesh; CMAM; Health system

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; MALNUTRITION; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; MORTALITY;

BANGLADESH;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COMMUNITY CARE; COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED NATIONS;

ACUTE DISEASE; BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 84905913987     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651403500214     Document Type: Article

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