Integrating acute malnutrition interventions into national health systems: Lessons from Niger

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Deconinck, Hedwig ^a   Hallarou, Mahaman ^b   Criel, Bart ^c   Donnen, Philippe ^b   Macq, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acute malnutrition; Health system; Indicators; Integration; Low income countries; Niger

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; NIGER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NIGER; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84960879814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2903-6     Document Type: Article

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