Assessing the impacts of home fortification with micronutrient powders on anemia, growth, and diarrhoea in children aged 6 - 24 months living in rural Rwanda

Rwanda is a country with a high burden of childhood undernutrition with >40% of children <5y anemic and ~45% chronically undernourished (stunted). Home fortification (HF) with micronutrient powders (MNP) has shown to reduce iron deficiency and anemia in resource poor settings; however, it rema...

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Main Author: Michaux, Kristina
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/52821