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LIST OF ACRONYMS

ACC/SCN

Sub-Committee on Nutrition

ANP

Applied Nutrition Programme

BMN

Basic Minimum Needs

DHS

Thailand Demographic and Health Survey

EPI

Expanded Programme for Immunization

FAO

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

GDP

Gross Domestic Products

GNP

Gross National Products

H/A

Height for Age

HFA

Health For All by the Year 2000

IDD

Iodine Deficiency Disorders

IFPRD

Institute of Food Research and Product Development

IMR

Infant Mortality Rate

INMU

The Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University

IUNS

International Unions of Nutritional Sciences

LBW

Low Birth Weight

MOPH

The Ministry of Public Health, Thailand

MCH

Maternal and Child Health

NCHS

National Center for Health Statistics

NESDB

The National Economic and Social Development Board

NESDP

The National Economic and Social Development Plan

NFNP

National Food and Nutrition Policy

NGO

Non Government Organization

PAP

Poverty Alleviation Policy

PEM

Protein-Energy Malnutrition

PHC

Primary Health Care

RDA

Recommended Daily Allowance

SD

Standard Deviation

TFR

Total Fertility Rate

UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund

UNDP

United Nations Development Program

VHC

Village Health Communicator

VHV

Village Health Volunteer

W/A

Weight for Age

W/H

Weight for Height

WHO

World Health Organization


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