Stop stunting: situation and way forward to improve maternal, child and adolescent nutrition in Afghanistan

Matern Child Nutr. 2016 May;12 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):237-41. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12288.

Authors

Ariel Higgins-Steele¹, Piyali Mustaphi¹, Sherin Varkey¹, Humayoun Ludin², Najibullah Safi², Zulfiqar A Bhutta^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ UNICEF Afghanistan Country Office, UNOCA Jalalabad Road, Kabul, Afghanistan.
² Ministry of Public Health, Kabul, Afghanistan.
³ Center of Excellence in Women and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
⁴ Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.

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MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Adult
Afghanistan / epidemiology
Body Mass Index
Child
Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Child, Preschool
Female
Growth Disorders / epidemiology*
Growth Disorders / prevention & control*
Health Status Disparities
Humans
Infant
Malnutrition / epidemiology*
Malnutrition / prevention & control*
Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Middle Aged
Nutrition Assessment
Nutritional Status*
Pregnancy
Prevalence
Young Adult