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Open Access 01-12-2019 | Nutrition | Letter to the Editor

The use of stunting as a nutrition indicator in Yemen civil war

Authors: Nima Yaghmaei, Debarati Guha-Sapir

Published in: Globalization and Health | Issue 1/2019

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Humanitarian crises, such as conflicts and disasters, have devastating impacts on health systems, quickly rendering pre-crisis health data outdated. Without comprehensive assessments, response planning and resource allocation become difficult and can result in ineffective actions. We thank El Bcheraoui and colleagues for their insightful research paper ‘Health in Yemen: losing ground in war time’. The paper provides an analysis into the effects of the war in Yemen on public health, and it will assist planning and resource allocation going forward. …

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Title: The use of stunting as a nutrition indicator in Yemen civil war
Authors: Nima Yaghmaei
Debarati Guha-Sapir
Publication date: 01-12-2019
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: Nutrition
Malnutrition
Published in: Globalization and Health / Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 1744-8603
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-019-0502-x

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