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Guidelines on Nutrition Survey Methodology in Uganda
Health Risk Environment
Food and Nutrition
Description
Uganda has been highlighted as basically meeting its national food supply needs, yet it still has a large proportion of children who are malnourished. Successive demographic and health surveys show little change in nutritional status. Moreover, this is against appreciable gains in economic growth in recent years and progress in the peace talks. Malnutrition due to both macro and micronutrient deficiency has remained a major public health problem in Uganda, especially among children below five years and women of reproductive age