Sweet potato diarrhoea Mozambique study
A new study by Jones and de Brauw published in World Development Journal (Volume 74, p.15-24) finds that a diet rich in orange sweet potato (OSP) reduced both the prevalence and duration of diarrhea in young children in Mozambique.
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Chloe Angood (). Sweet potato diarrhoea Mozambique study. www.ennonline.net/newsroom/sweetpotatodiarrhoeastudy
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