The Riddle of Malnutrition The Long Arc of Biomedical and Public Health Interventions in Uganda |
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| Author:
| Tappan, Jennifer |
| Series title: | Perspectives on Global Health Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8214-2245-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2017 |
| Publisher: | Ohio University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $80.95 |
Book Description:
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More than ten million children suffer from severe acute malnutrition globally each year. In Uganda, longstanding efforts to understand, treat, and then prevent the condition initially served to medicalize it, in the eyes of both biomedical personnel and Ugandans who brought their children to the hospital for treatment and care.
More than ten million children suffer from severe acute malnutrition globally each year. In Uganda, longstanding efforts to understand, treat, and then prevent the condition initially served to medicalize it, in the eyes of both biomedical personnel and Ugandans who brought their children to the hospital for treatment and care.