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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 +18 more
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Clinico-biochemical profile of sick children with severe acute malnutrition
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020 Objective: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) classified as edematous and marasmus, however, Kwashiorker represents the most severe phenotype of edematous malnutrition.
Dhilip Kumar +2 more
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Factors Influencing Outcomes of Children Hospitalized with Acute Severe Malnutrition
Althea Medical Journal, 2018 Background: Nutrition is still a global health issue, and improving nutrition is among the targets of the Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDGs). One of Indonesia’s SDGs indicators is to reduce prevalence of malnutrition in children.
Viramitha Kusnandi Rusmil +3 more
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Screening for Acute Malnutrition Using Family Mid-Upper Arm Circumference in Somali Region of Ethiopia [PDF]
International Journal of Nutrition Sciences, 2022 Background: In spite of the decentralization of diagnosis and treatment of severe acute malnutrition from the strictly hospital-based approach for all cases to community-based approach, only about 10%-15% of the estimated 16.5 million children suffering ...
Olusola Oladeji +5 more
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Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2022 Undernutrition is more prevalent among children living in unsanitary environments with inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Despite good evidence for the effect of WASH on multiple infectious diseases, evidence for the effect of WASH ...
Alan R. Patlán‐Hernández +7 more
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BMC Nutrition, 2022 A multicentric study is being conducted in which children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) aged 6–59 months are identified with only weight-for-height z-score (WHZ)
Rajesh Kumar Sinha +15 more
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Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2018 Background Acute malnutrition to be a major health burden in the world, particularly in the developing world. Acute malnutrition is associated with more than one third of the global disease burden for children.
Zemichael Gizaw +2 more
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Evolution of nutritional management of acute malnutrition [PDF]
Indian Pediatrics, 2010 Wasting, kwashiorkor and stunting are not usually due to either protein or energy deficiency. Treatment based upon this concept results in high mortality rates, and failure of treated children to return physiologically to normal. They become relatively obese with insufficient lean tissue. Preventive strategies have also failed. Wasting and stunting are
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A novel, efficient method for estimating the prevalence of acute malnutrition in resource-constrained and crisis-affected settings: A simulation study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 The assessment of the prevalence of acute malnutrition in children under five is widely used for the detection of emergencies, planning interventions, advocacy, and monitoring and evaluation.
Severine Frison +3 more
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Treating severe acute malnutrition seriously [PDF]
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2007 Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) affects approximately 13 million children under the age of 5 and is associated with 1-2 million preventable child deaths each year. In most developing countries, case fatality rates (CFRs) in hospitals treating SAM remain at 20-30% and few of those requiring care actually access treatment.
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