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| Keywords: 1968 8 Nigeria CDC.png en This 1968 photograph taken during the Nigerian-Biafran civil war showed individuals assessing the height and weight measurements of Biafran refugees in order to quantitatively determine the amount of food supplementation per refugee was to be distributed based on each person ™s level of malnutrition During the Nigerian-Biafran civil war the CDC assisted in delivering food to the refugees However due to a lack of international help health officials could not get enough food to everyone so they relied on a high protein distribution effort that was supplemented with locally-grown carbohydrates such as yams and cassava manioc melons Dr Lyle Conrad and Dr William H Foege established a standard for height and weight for the Nigerian children which before that time did not exist 1968 CDC http //phil cdc gov/phil/details asp CDC/ Dr Lyle Conrad other versions PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard Nigeria in the 1960s Famines in Africa Images from the CDC Public Health Image Library Nigerian-Biafran civil war | ||||
