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FEX 63 South Asia Special Edition: Bob Black’s reflections on wasting in the region

By Dr. Robert E. Black on 20 October 2020

In this short podcast, Professor Robert Black, Professor and Chairman, Department of International Health, John Hopkins University, explores why the burden of wasting is so high in South Asia and the current priority areas of action for the treatment and prevention of wasting in the region.

This podcast accompanies Field Exchange 63 Special issue on Child wasting in South Asia.

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