Efforts to reduce mortality and undernutrition among infants and young children in the Sahelian countries
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Shawn Baker*, Christophe Breyne, Kenneth H. Brown*, Ferima Coulibaly-Zerbo, Patrick David, Medoune Diop**, Jan Eijkenaar, Cyprien Fabre, Jose Luis Fernandez, Sonja Y. Hess, Patricia Hoorelbeke, Anna Horner, Robert Johnston, Roland Kupka, Menno Mulder-Sibanda, Banda Ndiaye***, Bakari Seidou, Felicite Tchibindat, Sergio Teixeira and Sara E. Wuehler* *West Africa Regional Nutrition Working Group (current participants, in alphabetical order by surname) Helen Keller International, West Africa Region Office, Dakar, Senegal, Action Against Hunger, West Africa Office, Dakar, Senegal, Program in International and Community Nutrition, University of California, Davis, California, USA, World Health Organization, West Africa Region Office, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, West Africa Region Office, Dakar, Senegal, **Counterpart International, Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, European Commission for Humanitarian Aid, West Africa Regional Office, Dakar, Senegal, United Nations World Food Programme, West Africa Regional Office, Dakar, Senegal, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), West and Central Africa Regional Office, Dakar, Senegal, The World Bank, Africa Region, Washington DC, USA, ***Micronutrient Initiative, West Africa Region Office, Dakar, Senegal, Save the Children, Dakar, Senegal, and REACH – Ending Child Hunger and Undernutrition Initiative, West Africa Region, Dakar, Senegal
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