Afghanistan in transition: Call for investment in nutrition

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e13-e14

  Varkey, Sherin ^a   Higgins Steele, Ariel ^a   Mashal, Taufiq ^b   Hamid, Bashir Ahmad ^c   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^d,e  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b Ministry of Public Health   (Afghanistan)

^c Public Nutrition Ministry of Public Health   (Afghanistan)

^d Sick Kids Center for Global Child Health   (Canada)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BREAST FEEDING; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD SAFETY; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUNGER; INVESTMENT; MALNUTRITION; NOTE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84919488266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70362-6     Document Type: Note

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