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Millennium Development Goals: A compact among nations to end human poverty (375 pages).
On page 110: Policy priorities and technical interventions, Goal 4: cutting under-five mortality by two-thirds:
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“Achieving Millennium Development Goal 4- reducing under-five mortality by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015—will require addressing the main causes of child mortality. Technical interventions must focus on malnutrition, infectious and parasitic diseases and immunizations, delivered through a strengthened basic health care system.” … “Children’s health can suffer enormously from micronutrient (vitamin A, iron, zinc and iodine) deficiency, and can be addressed through supplementation (such as iodization of salt).” |
Facts for Life
UNICEF, WHO, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNDP, UNAIDS, WFP and the World Bank, 2002
Ending Iodine Deficiency Forever: A goal within our grasp (7 pages)
UNICEF and WHO, April 2002
Ending Hidden Hunger: The History of Micronutrient Deficiency Control
Lindsay H. Allen, 1999
Strategy for Improved Nutrition of Children and Women in Developing Countries
A UNICEF Policy Review, 1992
Fortification of food with micronutrients: the role and position of FAO
Links:
http://www.micronutrient.org/resources/publications/pub21.htm
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