6. the Cost of Undernutrition in Sri Lanka
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The goal of this exercise is to provide strategic orientation and advice on cost-effectiveness of interventions to prevent and control malnutrition in Sri Lanka. However, because of data limitations and the limited scope of this analysis, the estimates presented here are approximate and serve to exemplify the scale of the potential costs, but are not meant to be taken as a precise quantification of these costs.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008