People in Aid (issue 33)
Participants of the Regional Workshop on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies, 10-13 March, 2008 |
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Busaru Production Team in WHM programme (see field article), Bumate Village, Uganda. |
Graduates of WHM nutrition trainings pose in their 'Byokulia Bisemeye mu Bantu' t-shirts |
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People in Aid (issue 33). Field Exchange 33, June 2008. p37. www.ennonline.net/fex/33/peopleinaid
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