Child malnutrition and prenatal care: evidence from three Latin American countries

OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of prenatal care (PNC) on the level and distribution of child stunting in three Andean countries-Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru-where expanding access to such care has been an explicit policy intervention to tackle child malnutrition in utero and during early childhood....

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Main Authors: Nohora Forero-Ramirez, Luis F. Gamboa, Arjun Bedi, Robert Sparrow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2014-03-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892014000300001&lng=en&tlng=en