Child malnutrition in Haiti: progress despite disasters
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Child malnutrition in Haiti: progress despite disasters
Undernutrition, a chief child killer in developing countries, has been a major public health problem in Haiti. Following the 2010 disasters (earthquake and cholera) and the intensive relief efforts to address them, we sought to determine the trends of child undernutrition in Haiti using data from the 2005-06 Haiti Demographic and Health Survey (HDHS) and from a Standardized Monitoring and Asses...
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عنوان ژورنال: Global Health: Science and Practice
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2169-575X
DOI: 10.9745/ghsp-d-13-00069