| dc.creator | Latham, Michael C. | |
| dc.date | 2011-04-11T15:23:16Z | |
| dc.date | 2011-04-11T15:23:16Z | |
| dc.date | 1976 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-10T12:58:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-11-10T12:58:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 10-11-12 | |
| dc.identifier | Latham, Michael C. (1976) Health strategies for the control of childhood malnutrition. Discussion Paper 228, Nairobi: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.identifier | http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/646 | |
| dc.identifier | 318285 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/handle/123456789/1927 | |
| dc.description | Malnutrition is the most important cause of morbidity and mortality
of young children in non-industrialized poor countries. The control of
protein - energy malnutrition is more complex than the prevention of most
other common killing diseases of children. It requires a multi-disciplinary
approach including involvement of departments and staff responsible for
agriculture, social services, education, economic development, health and
possibly others. The aetiology of the problem is complex and is closely
related to poverty, deprivation, ignorance and prevalent infectious diseases.
Intervention programmes should be considered a legitimate part of national
and local development plans.
This paper, while briefly discussing the planning of nutrition
programmes, deals primarily with those interventions in which health
personnel play a leading role. The need for base-line data, for continuing
surveillance and for planned evaluation of programmes is discussed. The
major part of the paper consists of a critical examination of the three
levels of treatment and prevention now commonly favoured: the hospital,
the nutrition rehabilitation centre and the health clinic. | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.relation | Discussion Papers;228 | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | |
| dc.rights | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.subject | Health | |
| dc.subject | Children and Youth | |
| dc.title | Health strategies for the control of childhood malnutrition | |
| dc.type | Series paper (non-IDS) | |
