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All Hands on Deck : Reducing Stunting through Multisectoral Efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa

In Sub-Saharan Africa, the scale of undernutrition is staggering; 58 million children under the age of five are too short for their age (stunted), and 14 million weigh too little for their height (wasted). Poor diets in terms of diversity, quality, and quantity, combined with illness and poor wa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Skoufias, Emmanuel, Vinha, Katja, Sato, Ryoko
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank and Agence française de développement 2019
Subjects:
MULTISECTORAL
HEALTH
CARE PRACTICES
TARGETING
FOOD SECURITY
NUTRITION-SENSITIVE
WATER AND SANITATION
NUTRITION SPECIFIC
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
STUNTING
NUTRITION
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD HEALTH
HYGIENE
Online Access:https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/904531562219343466/all-hands-on-deck-reducing-stunting-through-multisectoral-efforts-in-sub-saharan-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32037

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