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Nutritional status of Haitian children, 1978-1995: Deleterious consequences of political instability and international sanctions

dc.contributor.authorMulder-Sibanda, Mennoes_ES
dc.date.accessioned2015
dc.date.available2015
dc.date.issued1998es_ES
dc.identifier.citationMulder-Sibanda, Menno (1998) Nutritional status of Haitian children, 1978-1995: Deleterious consequences of political instability and international sanctions. Rev Panam Salud Publica;4(5) 346-349,nov. 1998. Retrieved from http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49891998001100008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=enen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49891998001100008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=enes_ES
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/8547
dc.format.extentiluses_ES
dc.relation.ispartofseriesRev Panam Salud Publica;4(5),nov. 1998es_ES
dc.subjectTranstornos da Nutrição Infantilpt_BR
dc.subjectInquéritos Nutricionaises_ES
dc.subjectEconomíaes_ES
dc.subjectHaities_ES
dc.titleNutritional status of Haitian children, 1978-1995: Deleterious consequences of political instability and international sanctionsen_US
dc.typeJournal articlesen_US
dc.rights.holderPan American Health Organizationen_US
dc.description.notesResults from three national surveys in Haiti suggest that the prevalence of stunting, under-weight, and wasting in children fell considerably between 1978 and 1990. In the following four years, rates of stunting and underweight levelled off, while that of wasting nearly doubled. Child nutrition deteriorated dramatically during a period of intense political crisis and international sanctions that included a strctly enforced trade embargo. Human welfare should be monitored whenever international sanctions are imposed to regulate a country's behavioren_US


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