Stop stunting: situation and way forward to improve maternal, child and adolescent nutrition in Afghanistan†
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Ariel Higgins-Steele, Piyali Mustaphi, Sherin Varkey, Humayoun Ludin, Najibullah Safi and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta UNICEF Afghanistan Country Office, UNOCA Jalalabad Road, Kabul, Afghanistan, Ministry of Public Health, Kabul, Afghanistan, Center of Excellence in Women and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, and Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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