A international epidemic of maternal and childhood malnutrition accounts for more than one-third of childhood deaths and 11 percent of the world’s disease burden, researchers report.
“The key messages here are that the international nutrition system is fragmented and dysfunctional, and reform is needed,” lead researcher Dr. Robert Black, a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said during a news conference Wednesday. “The problems are long standing and embedded in organizational structure, but a concerted effort can provide greater progress and accountability. Progress is possible.”
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The Lancet series starts off with a paper from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore and Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan, which finds that one-third of child deaths and 11 percent of the total disease burden globally are a result of maternal and child malnutrition.
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