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The interaction of malnutrition and neurologic disability in Africa. [PDF]

, 2014
Malnutrition and neurodisability are both major public health problems in Africa. This review highlights key areas where they interact. This happens throughout life and starts with maternal malnutrition affecting fetal neurodevelopment with both ...
Kerac, Marko, Kerac, M, Postels, Douglas G, Mallewa, M, Voskuijl, Wieger P, Gladstone, M, Voskuijl, Wieger P., Mallewa, Mac, Groce, N, Postels, Douglas G., Molyneux, E, Alusine Jalloh, Alhaji, Alusine Jalloh, A, Molyneux, Elizabeth, Voskuijl, WP, Postels, DG, Groce, Nora, Gladstone, Melissa   +17 more
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A multi-country, prospective cohort study to evaluate the economic implications of relapse among children recovered from severe acute malnutrition: a study protocol

BMC Nutrition, 2022
Background Community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) is an effective intervention at recovering children from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and preventing mortality.
Chloe Puett, Sarah King, Heather Stobaugh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

MUAC as the sole discharge criterion from community‐based management of severe acute malnutrition in Burkina Faso [PDF]

Maternal & Child Nutrition, 2018
AbstractThe use of mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) measurement to screen and determine eligibility for admission to therapeutic feeding programs has been established, but evidence and programmatic experience to inform guidance on the use of MUAC as a discharge criterion is limited. We present results from a large‐scale nutritional program using MUAC
Sheila Isanaka, Kerstin E. Hanson, Severine Frison, Christopher T. Andersen, Sandra Cohuet, Rebecca F. Grais   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Carer and staff perspectives on supplementary suckling for treating infant malnutrition: qualitative findings from Malawi. [PDF]

, 2013
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in infants aged
Lelijveld, Natasha, Kerac, Marko, Lelijveld, N, Kerac, M, Mahebere-Chirambo, Chawanangwa, Mahebere-Chirambo, C   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Time to recovery and its predictors among children 6–59 months with acute malnutrition admitted to community inpatient therapeutic feeding centers in Katsina State, Northwest Nigeria: a retrospective review of health records (2010–2016)

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2023
Background Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) among children under five years of age remains a huge public health and economic burden in Sub-Saharan Africa. We investigated time to recovery and its predictors among children aged 6 to 59 months admitted into
Friday Ilop Joseph, Adewale Falade, Jane Earland   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cost-effectiveness of the community-based management of severe acute malnutrition by community health workers in southern Bangladesh [PDF]

Health Policy and Planning, 2012
This study assessed the cost-effectiveness of adding the community-based management of severe acute malnutrition (CMAM) to a community-based health and nutrition programme delivered by community health workers (CHWs) in southern Bangladesh. The cost-effectiveness of this model of treatment for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) was compared with the cost ...
Chloe, Puett, Kate, Sadler, Harold, Alderman, Jennifer, Coates, John L, Fiedler, Mark, Myatt   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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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Effects of unconditional cash transfers on the outcome of treatment for severe acute malnutrition (SAM): a cluster-randomised trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

BMC Medicine, 2017
Background Cash transfer programs (CTPs) aim to strengthen financial security for vulnerable households. This potentially enables improvements in diet, hygiene, health service access and investment in food production or income generation.
Emmanuel Grellety, Pélagie Babakazo, Amina Bangana, Gustave Mwamba, Ines Lezama, Noël Marie Zagre, Eric-Alain Ategbo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interpretation of World Health Organization growth charts for assessing infant malnutrition: a randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

, 2013
AIMS: The study aims to assess the effects of switching from National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) growth references to World Health Organization (WHO) growth standards on health-care workers' decisions about malnutrition in infants aged
Chisepo, Patrick, Kerac, Marko, Heikens, Geert T, Ahmad, Umar N, Yiwombe, Mwawi, Cole, Tim J   +5 more
core   +1 more source

The effectiveness of treatment for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) delivered by community health workers compared to a traditional facility based model

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background In most health systems, Community Health Workers (CHWs) identify and screen for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in the community. This study aimed to investigate the potential of integrating SAM identification and treatment delivered by CHWs ...
J. L. Alvarez Morán, G. B. Franck Alé, P. Charle, N. Sessions, S. Doumbia, S. Guerrero   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source