title: Stop stunting: situation and way forward to improve maternal, child and adolescent nutrition in Afghanistan.
authors.affiliation: UNICEF Afghanistan Country Office, UNOCA Jalalabad Road, Kabul, Afghanistan.
authors.forename: Ariel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Higgins-Steele
authors.affiliation: UNICEF Afghanistan Country Office, UNOCA Jalalabad Road, Kabul, Afghanistan.
authors.forename: Piyali
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mustaphi
authors.affiliation: UNICEF Afghanistan Country Office, UNOCA Jalalabad Road, Kabul, Afghanistan.
authors.forename: Sherin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Varkey
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Public Health, Kabul, Afghanistan.
authors.forename: Humayoun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ludin
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Public Health, Kabul, Afghanistan.
authors.forename: Najibullah
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Safi
authors.affiliation: Center of Excellence in Women and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.|Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Zulfiqar A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Bhutta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017195:Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000328:Adult; D000346:Afghanistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D039382:Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D008875:Middle Aged; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011247:Pregnancy; D015995:Prevalence; D055815:Young Adult