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Famine MeSH Descriptor Data 2023


MeSH Heading
Famine
Tree Number(s)
J01.576.423.750.500
Unique ID
D000079685
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000079685
Scope Note
The conditions when at least 20 per cent of households in an area face extreme food shortages with a limited ability to cope; acute malnutrition rates exceed 30 per cent; and the death rate exceeds two persons per day per 10,000 persons. (From news.un.org/en/story/2011/07/382342-when-food-security-crisis-becomes-famine)
See Also
Hunger
Starvation
Public MeSH Note
2020; 1986-2019 see STARVATION
History Note
2020; 1986-2019 use STARVATION
Date Established
2020/01/01
Date of Entry
2019/07/08
Revision Date
2019/06/20
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