title: Afghanistan in transition: call for investment in nutrition.
authors.affiliation: Health and Nutrition, UNICEF, Kabul, Afghanistan.
authors.forename: Sherin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Varkey
authors.affiliation: Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, UNICEF, Kabul, Afghanistan. Electronic address: ahiggins@unicef.org.
authors.forename: Ariel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Higgins-Steele
authors.affiliation: Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Public Health, Kabul, Afghanistan.
authors.forename: Taufiq
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mashal
authors.affiliation: Public Nutrition, Ministry of Public Health, Kabul, Afghanistan.
authors.forename: Bashir Ahmad
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Hamid
authors.affiliation: SickKids Center for Global Child Health, ON, Canada; Center of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Zulfiqar A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Bhutta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000346:Afghanistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011634:Public Health