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How effective is the integration of facility and community-based management of severe acute malnutrition in India? [PDF]

Public Health Action, 2013
SETTING: All children admitted to two nutritional rehabilitation centres (NRCs) during 2011–2012 in Madhya Pradesh, India.OBJECTIVE: To determine 1) adherence to in-patient care and follow-up visits, 2) attainment and maintenance of target weight gain, and 3) association with the children's demographic characteristics.DESIGN: A ...
B, Kumar, J, Shrivastava, S, Satyanarayana, A J, Reid, E, Ali, S, Zodpey, M, Agnani   +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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Impact of the extension of a performance-based financing scheme to nutrition services in Burundi on malnutrition prevention and management among children below five: A cluster-randomized control trial

PLoS ONE, 2020
Malnutrition is a huge problem in Burundi. In order to improve the health system response, the Ministry of Health piloted the introduction of malnutrition prevention and care indicators within its performance-based financing (PBF) scheme.
Catherine Korachais, Sandra Nkurunziza, Manassé Nimpagaritse, Bruno Meessen, Seth Adu-Afarwuah   +4 more
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Community-Based Management of Severe and Moderate Acute Malnutrition during Emergencies in Sri Lanka: Challenges of Implementation [PDF]

Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 2012
Background With the documentation of high rates of acute malnutrition in children under 5 years of age, the Ministry of Health of Sri Lanka established a Nutrition Rehabilitation Program in Jaffna District of the Northern Province. Objective
Renuka, Jayatissa, Aberra, Bekele, A, Kethiswaran, A H, De Silva   +3 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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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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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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Information-Sharing to Improve Learning about Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) and its Impact [PDF]

Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 2014
Background Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) affects 19 million children worldwide annually. The community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) approach was first piloted in 2000. Endorsed by the United Nations in 2007, the approach has been introduced in over 60 countries. Current coverage and quality of
Nicky, Dent, Hedwig, Deconinck, Kate, Golden, Rebecca, Brown, Anne, Walsh   +4 more
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Implementation of community-based management of severe acute malnutrition in conflict affected regions: a case of South Kordofan, Sudan

Archives of Public Health, 2023
AbstractMalnutrition is the major cause of mortality and morbidity globally with undernutrition contributing about 45% of all deaths of under five children. Besides the direct effects of protracted conflicts, the macroeconomic crisis that has greatly increased the national inflation rate hence devastating the purchasing power, the COVID-19 outbreak ...
Quraish Sserwanja, Osman Omer Adam, Eissa Hassan Mohamed, Mohammed Bashir Adam, Linet M. Mutisya   +4 more
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101: USE OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGY FOR IMPROVING SCREENING ACCURACY OF ACUTE MALNUTRITION IN A COMMUNITY-BASED MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE MALNUTRITION PROGRAM IN MUMBAI INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS [PDF]

Forum 2015 Abstracts, 2015
Background SNEHA aims to reduce malnutrition in Mumbai informal settlements through a Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) program. Frontline Workers (FWs) continuously monitor the anthropometric status of children using CommCare, an mHealth mobile application developed by Dimagi, USA.
Sheila Chanani, Anuja Jayaraman, Jeremy Wacksman   +2 more
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