Even in normal circumstances, malnutrition is common among African women
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Contributor(s):
- Jacot, M, photographer
- Language(s):
- English French
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- World Health Organization
- Abstract:
- A woman, naked to the waist, is breast feeding an infant which she is carrying on her back, but has managed to slide around to the front enough to reach the breast. The woman is holding two capsules in one hand and some papers in the other. Verso: WHO/16747. General Women's Year. Drought is most terrible for young children, and for their mothers, helplessy unable to feed them. Even in normal circumstances, malnutrition is common among African women. Food may be plentiful, but unless it contains enough protein their health cannot fail to suffer. Also, traditional and superstious beliefs about what should or should not be eaten during pregnancy and lactation mean that the child has a bad start in life.
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- WHO must be mentioned in the accompanying text and/or given credit. This item may be under copyright protection. Please ask copyright owner for permission before publishing.
- Copyright Holder:
- World Health Organization; Source: Record; Research date: 20151001
- Extent:
- 1 photoprint.
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101437121 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A013711
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101437121