An urgent call to address the nutritional status of women and children in Nepal during COVID-19 crises.


Journal

International journal for equity in health
ISSN: 1475-9276
Titre abrégé: Int J Equity Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101147692

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
05 06 2020
Historique:
received: 15 05 2020
accepted: 02 06 2020
entrez: 7 6 2020
pubmed: 7 6 2020
medline: 11 6 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Due to the ongoing nationwide lockdown in Nepal, women and children face a greater risk of malnutrition and eventually leading to mortality and morbidity. To harness the progress made so far in improving the nutritional status of women and children, a focus on nutrition should be a part of the COVID-19 response plan.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32503613
doi: 10.1186/s12939-020-01210-7
pii: 10.1186/s12939-020-01210-7
pmc: PMC7274565
doi:

Types de publication

Letter

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

87

Références

Emerg Med (Fremantle). 2001 Jun;13(2):147-56
pubmed: 11482851
J Midwifery Womens Health. 2004 Jul-Aug;49(4 Suppl 1):7-13
pubmed: 15236698
BMC Public Health. 2019 Oct 15;19(1):1278
pubmed: 31610779

Auteurs

Bindu Panthi (B)

Nobel College, Pokhara University, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Pratik Khanal (P)

Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. pratikkhanal@iom.edu.np.

Minakshi Dahal (M)

Center for Research on Environment, Health and Population Activities (CREHPA), Kathmandu, Nepal.

Sajana Maharjan (S)

One Heart Worldwide, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Sushil Nepal (S)

Center for Research on Environment, Health and Population Activities (CREHPA), Kathmandu, Nepal.

Articles similaires

[Redispensing of expensive oral anticancer medicines: a practical application].

Lisanne N van Merendonk, Kübra Akgöl, Bastiaan Nuijen
1.00
Humans Antineoplastic Agents Administration, Oral Drug Costs Counterfeit Drugs

Smoking Cessation and Incident Cardiovascular Disease.

Jun Hwan Cho, Seung Yong Shin, Hoseob Kim et al.
1.00
Humans Male Smoking Cessation Cardiovascular Diseases Female
Humans United States Aged Cross-Sectional Studies Medicare Part C
1.00
Humans Yoga Low Back Pain Female Male

Classifications MeSH