Better nutrition for children in Uganda: The policy makers role

Ibrahim Kasirye

No 154597, Policy Briefs from Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC)

Abstract: About 2.3 million children under the age of five are too short for their age An estimated 250,000 children under the age of five suffer from severe acute malnutrition About half a million pregnant and lactating women suffer from anaemia

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 4
Date: 2012-12
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.154597

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