Should India Use Commercially Produced Ready To Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF) For Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) ?
Globally, nearly 20 million children under five suffer from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), a condition which contributes to one million child deaths annually. In India 48% of children under five years of age are stunted and 43 percent are underweight; almost 8 million suffer from SAM. Malnutrition...
Main Authors: | radha holla, vandana prasad, arun gupta |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Social Medicine Publication Group
2009-02-01
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Series: | Social Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.socialmedicine.info/index.php/socialmedicine/article/view/284 |
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