Preventing Acute Malnutrition among Young Children in Crises: A Prospective Intervention Study in Niger.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Langendorf, Céline; Roederer, Thomas; de Pee, Saskia; Brown, Denise; Doyon, Stéphane; Mamaty, Abdoul-Aziz; Touré, Lynda W.-M.; Manzo, Mahamane L.; Grais, Rebecca F.
- Source
- PLoS Medicine. Sep2014, Vol. 11 Issue 9, p1-15. 15p. 1 Diagram, 7 Charts.
- Subject
- *MALNUTRITION in children
*HUNGER
*HEALTH policy
*HEALTH services administration
*PUBLIC health
*PREVENTION
- Language
- ISSN
- 1549-1277
: Céline Langendorf and colleagues conducted a pragmatic intervention study in Niger to assess whether distributions of supplementary foods in addition to household support by cash transfer effectively reduced malnutrition in children aged 6 to 23 months. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]