Nutritional update: relevance to maternal and child health in East Africa

Afr Health Sci. 2003 Dec;3(3):136-43.

Abstract

In this review of recent advances in nutrition, we shall follow the 'life cycle' with special attention to maternal and foetal nutrition, linear growth, and nutritional assessment. We also consider nutrition, infection and micronutrients, and recent concepts of the pathophysiology and management of protein energy malnutrition PEM.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Africa, Eastern / epidemiology
  • Body Weights and Measures
  • Bottle Feeding
  • Breast Feeding
  • Child
  • Child Welfare*
  • Female
  • Growth
  • HIV Infections / complications
  • Health Status Indicators
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Malnutrition / complications*
  • Maternal Welfare*
  • Micronutrients / physiology
  • Nutrition Assessment*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / physiopathology
  • Pregnancy Complications / therapy
  • Pregnancy Outcome
  • Prenatal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / physiology

Substances

  • Micronutrients