Nutritional status of children under 5 years of age in three hurricane-affected areas of Honduras

PAHO, Roberto E. Barrios, James P. Stansbury, Rosa Palencia, Marco T. Medina

Published in : 2000

Available in : English

This paper presents the results of anthropometric measurements taken of 295 children under 5 years of age from three regions of Honduras that were affected by Hurricane Mitch, a major storm that struck Central America in the fall of 1998.

Published in:
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública / Pan American Journal of Public Health, 2000 8(6):380-384, ISSN 1020-4989,
by Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

Documents :
Nutritional status of children under 5 years of age in three hurricane-affected areas of Honduras (PDF, 86.84Kb)

Originally posted at : Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública

This resource is listed under:

Themes : Emergency, general, Nutrition assessments and M&E, general, Undernutrition, general, Vulnerable groups, general, Anthropometry, Refugees / IDPs, Refugees / IDPs, Stunting, Underweight, Wasting

Life-cycle focus : Infancy

Resource types : Peer reviewed journals or papers, Scientific/background documents