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Community-based management of acute malnutrition for infants under 6 months of age is safe and effective: analysis of operational data

Public Health Nutrition, 2023
Objective: To assess the effectiveness of outpatient management with ready-to-use and supplementary foods for infants under 6 months (u6m) of age who were unable to be treated as inpatients due to social and economic barriers.
Maeve M Woeltje, Anastasia B Evanoff, Beth A Helmink, Diana L Culbertson, Kenneth M Maleta, Mark J Manary, Indi Trehan   +6 more
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Do children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition need antibiotics? A systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

, 2013
Current (1999) World Health Organization guidelines recommend giving routine antibiotics (AB) for all children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM), even if they have uncomplicated disease with no clinically obvious infections.
Kerac, Marko, Cécile Salpeteur, Alcoba Gabriel, Briend, André, Briend André, Kerac Marko, Salpeteur Cécile, Breysse, S, Serge Breysse (104940), Alain Gervaix (104954), Serge Breysse, Galetto-Lacour Annick, Breysse, Serge, Galetto-Lacour, A, Alcoba Wright, Fermin Gabriel, Alcoba, Gabriel, Salpeteur, Cécile, Gabriel Alcoba, Cécile Salpeteur (104944), Annick Galetto-Lacour (104948), Kerac, M, Briend, A, André Briend (104951), Gabriel Alcoba (104933), Marko Kerac, Galetto-Lacour, Annick, Annick Galetto-Lacour, André Briend, Breysse Serge, Alain Gervaix, Gervaix, A, Gervaix, Alain, Salpeteur, C, Gervaix Alain, Marko Kerac (104936), Alcoba, G   +35 more
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Relapse of acute malnutrition and associated factors after discharge from nutrition stabilization centers among children in Eastern Ethiopia

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023
BackgroundAcute malnutrition is a major global health problem primarily affecting under-five children. In sub-Saharan Africa, children treated for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) at an inpatient have high case fatality rate and is associated with relapse
Mohammedjemal Alyi, Kedir Teji Roba, Indeshaw Ketema, Sisay Habte, Abel Tibebu Goshu, Ame Mehadi, Yohannes Baye, Behailu Hawulte Ayele   +7 more
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Follow-Up of Post-Discharge Growth and Mortality after Treatment for Severe Acute Malnutrition (FuSAM Study): A Prospective Cohort Study. [PDF]

, 2014
Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) plays a vital role in achieving global child survival targets. Effective treatment programmes are available but little is known about longer term outcomes following programme ...
Bunn, J, Kerac, Marko, Bunn, James, Bahwere, Paluku, George Chagaluka, Steve Collins (572092), Seal, Andrew A.J., Tomkins, A, Collins, S, Chagaluka, G, James Bunn, Chagaluka, George, Paluku Bahwere (572091), Paluku Bahwere, Seal, A, Andrew Seal (572093), Bahwere, P, Andrew Seal, Kerac, M, Tomkins, Andrew, Marko Kerac, Andrew Tomkins, Collins, Steve, Steve Collins, James Bunn (373779), George Chagaluka (572090), Seal, Andrew, Andrew Tomkins (75516), Marko Kerac (104936)   +28 more
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Malnutrition and infection: complex mechanisms and global impacts. [PDF]

, 2007
The authors discuss current concepts and controversies surrounding the complex influences of malnutrition on infection and immunity, and point to practical consequences of countermeasures in acute ...
Schaible Ulrich E, Stefan H E Kaufmann, Schaible, U., Kaufmann, Stefan HE, Kaufmann, S., Schaible, Ulrich E, Kaufmann, Stefan H. E., Schaible, Ulrich E., Kaufmann Stefan H. E, Ulrich E Schaible   +9 more
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Preventing Acute Malnutrition in Young Children: Improving the Evidence for Current and Future Practice [PDF]

, 2014
Marko Kerac and Andrew Seal comment on the study by Langendorf and colleagues about the effectiveness of different strategies to prevent malnutrition in young children and discuss the implications of this study for food programs ...
Kerac, Marko, Andrew Seal, Kerac, M, Seal, A, Seal, Andrew, Marko Kerac   +5 more
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The interaction of malnutrition and neurologic disability in Africa. [PDF]

, 2014
Malnutrition and neurodisability are both major public health problems in Africa. This review highlights key areas where they interact. This happens throughout life and starts with maternal malnutrition affecting fetal neurodevelopment with both ...
Kerac, Marko, Kerac, M, Postels, Douglas G, Mallewa, M, Voskuijl, Wieger P, Gladstone, M, Voskuijl, Wieger P., Mallewa, Mac, Groce, N, Postels, Douglas G., Molyneux, E, Alusine Jalloh, Alhaji, Alusine Jalloh, A, Molyneux, Elizabeth, Voskuijl, WP, Postels, DG, Groce, Nora, Gladstone, Melissa   +17 more
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Assessment of neurodisability and malnutrition in children in Africa. [PDF]

, 2014
Neurodevelopmental delay, neurodisability, and malnutrition interact to contribute a significant burden of disease in global settings. Assessments which are well integrated with plans of management or advice are most likely to improve outcomes ...
Kerac, Marko, Postels, Douglas, Kerac, M, Douglas Postels, Mallewa, M, Wieger Voskuijl, Marko Kerac, Voskuijl, W, Voskuijl, Wieger, Elizabeth Molyneux, Gladstone, M, Mac Mallewa, Mallewa, Mac, Groce, N, Molyneux, E, Alusine Jalloh, Alhaji, Alusine Jalloh, A, Molyneux, Elizabeth, Melissa Gladstone, Postels, D, Alhaji Alusine Jalloh, Nora Groce, Gladstone, Melissa, Groce, Nora   +23 more
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Viewpoints from the national consultation on addressing acute malnutrition on mainstreaming community-based program for management of acute malnutrition in India

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2023
High burden of acute malnutrition among children less than 5 years is a major public health problem in India. A ”Two-days National Consultation on Addressing Acute Malnutrition” was organized to gather experiences and evidence from 13 states of India on ...
Praveen Kumar, Rajesh K Sinha, Srishti Arora, Rakesh Sarwal, Farida Sultana, Abner Daniel, Raja Sriswan, Arun M Kokane, Asha K Kiran, Anil K Goel, R L Suman, Anil K Jaiswal, Sanjay Prabhu, Anju Seth, Avula Laxmaiya, Ashok K Rawat, Bivash Modi, Rinky Thakur, Arjan de Wagt   +18 more
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Features associated with underlying HIV infection in severe acute childhood malnutrition: a cross sectional study. [PDF]

, 2009
INTRODUCTION: Up to half of all children presenting to Nutrition Rehabilitation Units (NRUs) in Malawi with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) are infected with HIV. There are many similarities in the clinical presentation of SAM and HIV. It is important to
Bunn, James, Kerac, Marko, J Bunn, Bunn, J, Kerac, M, Thindwa, Miriam, Thindwa, M, M Thindwa, M Kerac   +8 more
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