Tackling child malnutrition in Jamaica, 1962–2020
Abstract On the eve of independence in 1962, malnutrition was the largest single cause of death in Jamaica for children under one. Although child malnutrition rates have rapidly declined since 1962, today Jamaica experiences a double burden of malnutrition: the coexistence of pockets of high child m...
Main Author: | Henrice Altink |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Nature
2020-07-01
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Series: | Humanities & Social Sciences Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-00536-5 |
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