Cattle eradication and malnutrition in under five's: a natural experiment in Botswana.

Author(s)
Boonstra, E., Lindbaek, M., Fidzani, B. and Bruusgaard, D.
Publication language
English
Pages
6pp
Date published
01 Jan 2001
Publisher
Public Health Nutrition
Type
Articles
Keywords
Children & youth, Food and nutrition, Nutrition
Countries
Botswana
Link
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11527511

An outbreak of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) in the northern part of Botswana in 1996 was contained through eradication of all heads of cattle in Ngamiland district (Ngami East and West) in the period April 1996 to February 1997. This disaster posed a serious threat to those who depended on the livestock sector for sustenance and to the nutrition security of the population, especially the under five's.