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...
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Main Authors: | Vandana Prasad (Author), Radha Holla (Author), Arun Gupta (Author) |
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2009-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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