A report compiled from information available to the United Nations agencies of the ACC/SCN
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON COORDINATION - SUBCOMMITTEE ON NUTRITION
November 1987
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Reprinted. September 1989.
UNITED NATIONS - ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON COORDINATION - SUB COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION (ACC/SCN)
2. INDICATORS BY GROUPS OF COUNTRIES
2.1 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
2.2 SOUTH ASIA
2.3 SOUTHEAST ASIA
2.4 MIDDLE AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
2.5 SOUTH AMERICA
2.6 NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
2.7 CHINA
3.1 VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY
3.2 IRON DEFICIENCY
3.3 IODINE DEFICIENCY
4.1 Panels 1-7
4.2 Figure 1: Infant Mortality Statistics
4.3 Figure 2: Trends in Global Prevalences of Underweight Children
4.4 Figure 3: Geographical Distribution of Trends in Child Malnutrition, 1979/81 to 1983/5
4.5 Figure 4: Incidences of Low Birth Weight by Country
4.6 Figures 5A to 5C: African Maps
4.7 Figures 6A to 6E: Clinic Data
4.8 Figures 7 and 8: Hours Work to Maintain Diet
4.9 Figures 9A and 9B: Data on Northeast Brazil
4.10 Figures 10-13 and Tables 1 and 2: Micronutrient Deficiencies