In many urban poor areas such as slums, programmes by governments and NGOs are established to help families and mitigate malnutrition. But are these effective?
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Associate professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Paediatrician and Associate Professor, UNSW
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Professor of Evidence-Informed Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor, University of Tasmania
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Director, Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council
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Associate Professor, Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Biological Anthropology (Emeritus), Loughborough University
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Professor of Epidemiology and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University
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Reader in Public Health and Obesity, Teesside University
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