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Operational implications of using 2006 World Health Organization growth standards in nutrition programmes: secondary data analysis [PDF]

, 2007
Objective: To assess the implications of adopting the World Health Organization 2006 growth standards in combination with current diagnostic criteria in emergency and non-emergency child feeding programmes.
Kerac, Marko, Andrew Seal, Seal, Andrew, Kerac, M., Marko Kerac, Seal, A.   +5 more
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Effect of nutrition survey 'cleaning criteria' on estimates of malnutrition prevalence and disease burden: secondary data analysis. [PDF]

, 2014
Tackling childhood malnutrition is a global health priority. A key indicator is the estimated prevalence of malnutrition, measured by nutrition surveys. Most aspects of survey design are standardised, but data 'cleaning criteria' are not.
Kerac, Marko, Andrew Seal, Grijalva-Eternod, C, Kerac, M, Seal, A, Seal, Andrew, Grijalva-Eternod, Carlos, Marko Kerac, Sonya Crowe, Crowe, S, Carlos Grijalva-Eternod, Crowe, Sonya   +11 more
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Water, sanitation and hygiene interventions and the prevention and treatment of childhood acute malnutrition: A systematic review

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, Heather C. Stobaugh, Oliver Cumming, Andrea Angioletti, Danka Pantchova, Jean Lapègue, Stéphanie Stern, Dieynaba S. N'Diaye   +7 more
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Acute malnutrition criteria and thresholds.

, 2022
Acute malnutrition criteria and thresholds.
Suvi T. Kangas (7313975), Oussama Daanouni (14248121), Lenka Blanarova (11607172), Alexandra Humphreys (14248127), Grace Heymsfield (11607174), Gwenaelle Luc (14248124), Dieynaba S. N’Diaye (10095014), Ali-Mohamed Nassur (14248118), Firmin Kouassi (14248130)   +8 more
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Acute Malnutrition and Under-5 Mortality, Northeastern Part of India. [PDF]

, 2010
We assessed the prevalence of childhood acute malnutrition and under-five mortality rate (U5MR) in Darbhanga district, India, using a two-stage 49-cluster household survey. A total of 1379 households comprising 8473 people were interviewed.
M. Masferrer, Espié, E, P. P. Palma Urrutia, Roure Pujol, C, Grais, R, Saint-Sauveur, J-F, J.-F. Saint-Sauveur, R. F. Grais, C. Roure Pujol, E. Espie, Palma Urrutia, P P, Masferrer, M   +11 more
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Acute malnutrition among children aged 6–59 months of the nomadic population in Hadaleala district, Afar region, northeast Ethiopia

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, Wondwoson Woldu, Bikes Destaw Bitew   +2 more
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The clinical profile and outcome of children with acute malnutrition in a tertiary health center in North-West Nigeria: A 1-year retrospective review

Journal of Clinical Sciences, 2020
Background: Acute malnutrition is broadly classified as severe acute malnutrition (SAM) or moderate acute malnutrition (MAM). It affects almost 20 million children worldwide, with majority of the cases in developing countries. In Africa, it was estimated
Ibrahim Aliyu, Halima Umar Ibrahim, Umma Idris, Godpower Chinedu Michael, Umma Abdulsalam Ibrahim, Abdulsalam Mohammed, Ibrahim Ahmad, Junaid Muhammad Habib   +7 more
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Improving the management of severe acute malnutrition in an area of high HIV prevalence.

, 2008
AIM: To assess the clinical outcomes of a combined approach to the treatment of severe acute malnutrition in an area of high HIV prevalence using: (i) an initial inpatient phase, based on WHO guidelines and (ii) an outpatient recovery phase using ready ...
Kerac, Marko, Collins, Steve, Nesbitt, Anne, Sadler, Kate, Khengere, Hilda   +4 more
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Pelvic Floor Dysfunction in People with Eating Disorders and the Acute Effect of Different Interventions – A Retrospective Cohort Study

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology
Background: Studies suggest that there is an association between eating disorders and pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD), although the contribution of PFD toward symptomatology and interventions to improve these symptoms in the eating disorder population is ...
Monica Williams, Dan Blalock, Marina Foster, Philip S. Mehler, Dennis Gibson   +4 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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