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Bob Black’s reflections on wasting in the South Asian region

Summary

In this short podcast, Professor Robert Black, Professor and Chairman, Department of International Health, John Hopkins University, explores why the burden of wasting is so high in South Asia and the current priority areas of action for the treatment and prevention of wasting in the region.

This podcast accompanies Field Exchange 63 Special issue on Child wasting in South Asia.

Podcast details

Bob Black

20 October 2020

MAMI (Management of small and nutritionally at-risk infants under six months and their mothers)

Severe wasting (SAM)

Field Exchange 63 (en)

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