Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition in Infants Under 6 Months of Age [PDF]
To examine the outcomes of acutely malnourished infants under 6 months (u6m) who could not be hospitalized or exclusively breastfed and were instead treated under the community management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) model using ready to use ...
Woeltje M +6 more
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Addressing Child Malnutrition in Somalia: Beyond Humanitarian Responses [PDF]
Ibrahim Abubakar AbdiDepartment of Health Sciences, Al Hayat Medical University, Mogadishu, SomaliaCorrespondence: Ibrahim Abubakar Abdi, Department of Health Sciences, Al Hayat Medical University, Mogadishu, Somalia, Email furanehaji@gmail.comAbstract ...
Abdi IA
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Beyond therapeutic feeding: a call for integrated strategies to end child malnutrition in Somalia [PDF]
Somalia records one of the highest global burdens of child wasting and stunting, with approximately 1.7–1.85 million children under five estimated to be affected by acute malnutrition annually during 2022–2025, including approximately 421,000–513,550 ...
Abdifatah Mohamed Tahlil +10 more
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Mid-upper-arm circumference based case-detection, admission, and discharging of under five children in a large-scale community-based management of acute malnutrition program in Nigeria. [PDF]
BackgroundSevere acute malnutrition (SAM) threatens the lives of millions of children worldwide particularly in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Chitekwe S +3 more
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Risk factors for severe acute malnutrition among children aged 6–59 months enrolled in the CMAM program at Al-Sabeen Hospital, Sana’a City, Yemen [PDF]
Background Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) remains a major public health problem among children under five years of age in Yemen. Evidence on factors associated with SAM in Sana’a City, particularly among children enrolled in community-based management ...
Ghaida’a Ibrahim Ahmed Hafedh +6 more
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Coverage of community-based management of severe acute malnutrition programmes in twenty-one countries, 2012-2013. [PDF]
This paper reviews coverage data from programmes treating severe acute malnutrition (SAM) collected between July 2012 and June 2013.This is a descriptive study of coverage levels and barriers to coverage collected by coverage assessments of community ...
Eleanor Rogers +4 more
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Background: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a major global public health concern. Despite the cost-effectiveness of treatment, ministries of health are often unable to commit the required funds which limits service coverage.
Eleanor Rogers +8 more
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Optimizing prevention and community-based management of severe malnutrition in children
Zulfiqar A. Bhutta discusses prevention and treatment strategies for optimization of community-based management of severe acute malnutrition in children.
Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
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