Towards universal coverage for nutrition services in children under five years—A descriptive analysis of the capacity of level one hospitals to provide nutrition services in five provinces of Zambia

Kutha Banda; Sandra Chilengi-Sakala; Chipwaila Choolwe Chunga; Hiwote Solomon; Victor Chalwe; Justine Mweene Nkaama; Colleen Leonard; Mupeta Bobo; Agness Aongola; Godfrey Biemba

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0232663

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Towards universal coverage for nutrition services in children under five years—A descriptive analysis of the capacity of level one hospitals to provide nutrition services in five provinces of Zambia

Kutha Banda ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: kuthabands@gmail.com

Affiliation National Health Research Authority, Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8061-1332

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Sandra Chilengi-Sakala,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Health Research Authority, Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia
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Chipwaila Choolwe Chunga,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Health Research Authority, Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia
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Hiwote Solomon,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Doctor of Public Health Program, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Victor Chalwe,

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Health Research Authority, Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia
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Justine Mweene Nkaama,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Health Research Authority, Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia
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Colleen Leonard,

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Health Research Authority, Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia
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Mupeta Bobo,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia
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Agness Aongola,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia
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Godfrey Biemba

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Health Research Authority, Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia
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Towards universal coverage for nutrition services in children under five years—A descriptive analysis of the capacity of level one hospitals to provide nutrition services in five provinces of Zambia

Kutha Banda,
Sandra Chilengi-Sakala,
Chipwaila Choolwe Chunga,
Hiwote Solomon,
Victor Chalwe,
Justine Mweene Nkaama,
Colleen Leonard,
Mupeta Bobo,
Agness Aongola,
Godfrey Biemba

Published: May 12, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232663

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