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Management of severe acute malnutrition in children under 5 years through the lens of health care workers in two rural South African hospitals

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2018
Background: Despite the widespread implementation of the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for the management of severe malnutrition in South Africa, poor treatment outcomes for children under 5 years are still observed in some hospitals ...
Moise Muzigaba, Brian van Wyk, Thandi Puoane   +2 more
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Promoting oral health and fighting malnutrition in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso: the integrated nutrition strategy of the ‘projet de sensibilisation et de renforcement des capacités pour La prévention du Noma Au Burkina Faso’ (PSRCPN/BF)

BMC Public Health
Summary Owing to its major health and social consequences, malnutrition in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso is a determinant of noma. The ‘Projet de Sensibilisation et de Renforcement des Capacités pour la Prévention du Noma’ (PSRCPN/BF) aims to reduce ...
Hadissa Tapsoba, Peegdsom Simplice Assomption Yameogo, Souleymane Bougoum, Achille Ilboudo   +3 more
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The Effectiveness of Community Outreach in Increasing the Coverage of Community Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) Program, in Rural Kassala Locality

Edelweiss Applied Science and Technology, 2018
Community based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) is an innovative approach for managing acute malnutrition within the community. This study is a community based cross sectional study among communities covered by CMAM program in Rural Kassala locality, Kassala state, Sudan.
Somiya Gutbi Salim Mohammed, Zemzem Yebio Adam Mosmar   +1 more
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Reducing Child Malnutrition in Tanzania\ud Combined Effects of Income Growth and Program Interventions [PDF]

, 2005
\ud Malnutrition is associated with an inadequate diet, poor health and sanitation services and insufficient care for young children. A combination of income growth and nutrition interventions are therefore suggested to adequately tackle this issue ...
Rossi, Mariacristina, Alderman, Harold, Hoogeveen, Hans   +2 more
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Can community health workers manage uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition? A review of operational experiences in delivering severe acute malnutrition treatment through community health platforms

, 2018
Community health workers (CHWs) play an important role in the detection and referral of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in many countries.
Charle-Cuéllar, Pilar, Vargas, Antonio, Guerrero, Saul, López Ejeda, Noemí   +3 more
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Perceptions of Underlying Factors and Consequences of Childhood Malnutrition and Care‐Seeking Behaviour for Children Under 5 Years With Acute Malnutrition: A Qualitative Study in Rural Bangladesh

Maternal and Child Nutrition
Acute Malnutrition affects 45 million children under five globally, with Bangladesh contributing more than 1.7 million cases. While community‐based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) guidelines in Bangladesh exist, they primarily emphasise ...
Md. Abdul Alim, Bibi Marium, Benjamin Guesdon, M. Munirul Islam, Caroline Antoine, Mehedi Hasan Anik, Stefaan De Henauw, Tahmeed Ahmed, Souheila Abbeddou   +8 more
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Relapse of severe acute malnutrition post-discharge from outpatient programs among children recovered from complicated SAM in a conflict-affected setting: a matched cohort study, Sana’a, Yemen

BMC Nutrition
Background Little evidence exists on post-discharge outcomes and the sustainability of recovery among children recovering from complicated severe acute malnutrition (SAM).
Mohammed Abdullah Al Amad, Yahia Ahmed Raja’a, Khaled Algendari   +2 more
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Integration of a WASH Component in the Standard National Protocol for Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children Aged 6–59 Months in Northern Senegal—A Costing Study

Maternal and Child Nutrition
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) affects 12.2 million children globally. Integrating a water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) kit in outpatient SAM treatment can improve recovery rates by preventing WASH‐related diseases and complications, but its cost at ...
Bibata Wassonguema, Maily Lê‐Lacanette, Laura Braun, Matar Ba, Françoise Siroma, Albert Emile Cabo, Antonio Vargas Brizuela, Moustapha Seye, Jean Lapègue, Alexandre Devort, Oliver Cumming, Dieynaba S. N'Diaye   +11 more
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Assessing the Nutritional Status of Primary School Children in Wakiso District Uganda [PDF]

, 2013
Malnutrition is a quiet pandemic affecting millions of people throughout the world. It has high Public Health significance because of the sheer number of people affected by malnutrition, the fact that vulnerable populations disproportionately suffer the ...
Frye, Kristin
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Mobile data collection for routine monitoring of the community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) programme in Darbhanga, Bihar, India

, 2015
Here, we aimed to monitor and evaluate the mobile data collection for routine monitoring of the community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) program, to see the patient's treatment response.Mobile phones based data collection could be used for CMAM programs in resource limited settings.
Mahajan, Raman, Temmy Sunyoto, Salse, Nuria, Shandilya, Chandra, Burza, Sakib   +4 more
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