Open AccessReducing stunting in Bhutan: an achievable national goal
Author(s) -
Dzed Laigden,
Wangmo Kinley
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
maternal and child nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1740-8709
pISSN - 1740-8695
DOI - 10.1111/mcn.12287
Subject(s) - medicine , malnutrition , life expectancy , population , environmental health , developing country , demography , socioeconomics , china , geography , economic growth , archaeology , pathology , sociology , economics
The kingdom of Bhutan is a tiny country, landlocked between the two Asian giants of India and China, and has a population of about 762 864 (Bhutan at a glance 2014). Despite the very small size, the country has made remarkable progress towards modern development since initiating planned development in the 1960s. Bhutan has also experienced rapid progress in many of the key determinants of nutrition and health.