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Male , Female , Humans , Infant , Breast Feeding , Maternal Welfare , Kwashiorkor/prevention & control , Infant Nutrition , AvitaminosisABSTRACT
This paper reviews the birth and evolution of the international nutrition agenda. International nutrition issues of today are discussed, as are recommendations and projections for the future.
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International Agencies/history , Nutritional Physiological Phenomena , History, 20th Century , Kwashiorkor/prevention & control , United Nations/history , World Health Organization/historySubject(s)
Humans , Child, Preschool , Child , Nutrition Disorders , Kwashiorkor/classification , Kwashiorkor/complications , Kwashiorkor/diagnosis , Kwashiorkor/diet therapy , Kwashiorkor/etiology , Kwashiorkor/prevention & control , Protein-Energy Malnutrition/complications , Protein-Energy Malnutrition/diagnosis , Protein-Energy Malnutrition , Intellectual Disability , Cystic Fibrosis , Intelligence , South Africa , Jamaica , India , Mexico , Czechoslovakia , Developing CountriesABSTRACT
In response to Resolution No. 7 of the Fifth Caribbean Health Minsters Conference of February 1973, the Executive Secretary convened a meeting of a stering committee comprising members of staff of CFNI, the Faculty of Medicine, U.W.I., PAHO, WHO and FAO. Arising from this, it was decided to produce the Strategy and Plan of Action of Combat Gastroenteritis and Malnutrition in children under two years of age. The implementation of that programme was launched in Jamaica in January 1976 by Dr. A.W. Patterson, the Principal Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health and Environmental Control. This preliminary report deals with observations of progess made in the field and the hospitals from the time of initial launching of the programme in Jamaica. Observation covers the time peroid from April 12, to July 27, 1976; and compares favourably with the situation as it exists in the country of Nigeria. Based upon observations, discussions, site visits and data collected, the following preliminary report provides implications for the implementation of strategies related to the SPACGEM PROJECT and the ultimate reduction of malnutrition and gastroenteritis among children under two years old in Jamaica.
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Gastroenteritis/prevention & control , Nutrition Disorders/prevention & control , Child, Preschool , Gastroenteritis/mortality , Humans , Infant , Infant Mortality , Jamaica , Kwashiorkor/mortality , Kwashiorkor/prevention & control , Nutrition Disorders/mortality , Protein-Energy Malnutrition/mortality , Protein-Energy Malnutrition/prevention & control , World Health OrganizationABSTRACT
In response to Resolution no. 7 of the Fifth Caribbean Health Ministers Conference of February 1973, the Executive Secretary convened a meeting of a Steering Committee comprising members of staff of CFNI, the Faculty of Medicine U. W. I. PAHO, WHO and FAO. Arising from this, it was decided to produce the Strategy and Plan of Action of Combat Gastroenteritiss and Malnutriution in Children Under Two Years of Age. The implementation of that programme was launched in January 1976 by Dr. A. W. Patterson, the Principal Medical Officer for Health in the Ministry of Health and Environmental Control. This preliminary report deals with observations of progress made in the field and the hospitals from the time of the initial launching of the programme in Jamaica. Observation covers the time period from April 12 to July 27, 1976; and compares favourably with the situation as it exists in the country of Nigeria. Based upon observations, discssions, site visits and data collected, the following preliminary provides implications for the implementation of strategies related to the SPACGEN PROJECT and the ultimate reduction of malnutrition and gastroenteritis among children under two years old in Jamaica (AU)