Stop stunting: Situation and way forward to improve maternal, child and adolescent nutrition in Afghanistan

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue , 2016, Pages 237-241

  Higgins Steele, Ariel ^a   Mustaphi, Piyali ^a   Varkey, Sherin ^a   Ludin, Humayoun ^b   Safi, Najibullah ^b   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^c,d  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b Ministry of Public Health   (Afghanistan)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; CHILD CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN CARE; NOTE; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PERSONAL HYGIENE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING; WASTING SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION; ADULT; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH DISPARITY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84968920030     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12288     Document Type: Note

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