Making the most of food aid to help prevent child and maternal deaths

Advances in child nutrition over the last several decades are creating momentum for a programmatic push to reduce undernutrition worldwide. The contribution of food aid may be small, but, nonetheless, U.S. food aid policy should be revamped to benefit more effectively and more efficiently the childr...

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Autor principal: Cogill, Bruce
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Johns Hopkins School Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Communication Programs 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105107
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Sumario:Advances in child nutrition over the last several decades are creating momentum for a programmatic push to reduce undernutrition worldwide. The contribution of food aid may be small, but, nonetheless, U.S. food aid policy should be revamped to benefit more effectively and more efficiently the children and mothers in need.