Wasting (low weight-for-height) occurs when children lose weight rapidly, generally from low caloric intake and/or repeated infections; it is an indicator of acute undernutrition. In 2012, the World Health Assembly agreed to a global target to reduce and maintain childhood wasting to less than 5 percent by 2025 (WHO 2012); this target was incorporated into Sustainable Development Goal 2 (United Nations 2015a). The target focuses on reducing the prevalence...
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2017/03/01
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2017/03/20
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An investment framework for the treatment of severe wasting
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acute malnutrition