Multidimensional Poverty in Rural Mozambique: A New Metric for Evaluating Public Health Interventions

Bart Victor; Meridith Blevins; Ann F. Green; Elisée Ndatimana; Lázaro González-Calvo; Edward F. Fischer; Alfredo E. Vergara; Sten H. Vermund; Omo Olupona; Troy D. Moon

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108654

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Multidimensional Poverty in Rural Mozambique: A New Metric for Evaluating Public Health Interventions

Bart Victor,

Affiliations Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Meridith Blevins,

Affiliations Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Ann F. Green,

Affiliation Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Elisée Ndatimana,

Affiliation Friends in Global Health, Maputo, Mozambique
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Lázaro González-Calvo,

Affiliation Friends in Global Health, Maputo, Mozambique
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Edward F. Fischer,

Affiliation Vanderbilt Center for Latin American Studies and Department of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Alfredo E. Vergara,

Current address: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Maputo, Mozambique

Affiliations Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Sten H. Vermund,

Affiliations Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Friends in Global Health, Maputo, Mozambique
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Omo Olupona,

Affiliation World Vision International, Maputo, Mozambique
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Troy D. Moon

* E-mail: troy.moon@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Friends in Global Health, Maputo, Mozambique
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Multidimensional Poverty in Rural Mozambique: A New Metric for Evaluating Public Health Interventions

Bart Victor,
Meridith Blevins,
Ann F. Green,
Elisée Ndatimana,
Lázaro González-Calvo,
Edward F. Fischer,
Alfredo E. Vergara,
Sten H. Vermund,
Omo Olupona,
Troy D. Moon

Published: September 30, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108654

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