TITLE

A war on children

PUB. DATE

October 1993

SOURCE

New Statesman & Society;10/22/93, Vol. 6 Issue 275, p6

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Editorial

ABSTRACT

Opinion. Calls for the stoppage of sanctions to Iraq involving medical supplies. Impact on children's nutrition; Role of the Medical Aid for Iraq (MAI) in transporting medical supplies into Iraq; Data on Iraq's medical equipment supply before the Gulf War.

ACCESSION #

9403111391

Tags: MEDICAL supplies;  CHILD nutrition

 

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