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Barriers and facilitators of severe acute malnutrition management at Felege Hiwot Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Bahir Dar, North West Ethiopia, descriptive phenomenological study.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundMalnutrition is a clinical condition that affects all age groups, and it remains a major public health threat in Sub-Saharan Africa. As a result, this research aimed to investigate the barriers and facilitators of treating severe acute ...
Daniel Alelign, Netsanet Fentahun, Zeamanuel Anteneh Yigzaw   +2 more
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Quality of care for severe acute malnutrition delivered by community health workers in southern Bangladesh

Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2013
This study assessed the quality of care provided by community health workers (CHWs) in managing cases of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) according to a treatment algorithm.
Chloe Puett, Jennifer Coates, Harold Alderman, Kate Sadler   +3 more
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Effectiveness of community-based treatment programs for treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnourished children aged 6–59 months using locally produced nutrient dense foods: protocol for a multicentric longitudinal quasi-experimental study

BMC Nutrition, 2021
Background Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a major underlying cause of mortality among children. Around one third of the world’s acutely malnourished children live in India.
Praveen Kumar, Rajesh Kumar Sinha, Abner Daniel, Hemang Shah, Raja Sriswan, Arun Kokane, Aditya Mohapatra, Vivek Kashyap, Anil Kumar Goel, Virendra Kumar, Asha Kiran, N. Arlappa, Ankur Joshi, Rashmi Ranjan Nayak, Manjula Singh, Mihretab Salasibew, Samik Ghosh, Sameer Manikrao Pawar, Preetu Mishra, Khyati Tiwari, Sourav Bhattacharjee, Farhat Saiyed, Tarun Shrikrishna Patel, Pritish Kumar Nayak, Sanjay Kumar Sahoo, Mahendra Prajapati, Shikha Sinha, Arjan de Wagt   +27 more
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Community-based therapeutic care: treating severe acute malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

, 2009
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) affects approximately 13 million children under-five and is associated with over 1.5 million preventable child deaths each year.
Sadler, K.
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Relapses from acute malnutrition and related factors in a community‐based management programme in Burkina Faso [PDF]

Maternal & Child Nutrition, 2015
AbstractCommunity‐based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) is effective in treating acute malnutrition. However, post‐discharge follow‐up often lacks. We aimed at assessing the relapse rate and the associated factors in a CMAM programme in Burkina Faso. Discharged children from the community nutrition centre were requested to return at least every
Somassè, Yassinmè Elysée, Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle, Bahwere, Paluku, Donnen, Philippe   +3 more
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Acceptability of a Microbiome-Directed Food for the Management of Children with Uncomplicated Acute Malnutrition in Maradi, Niger: Two Randomized Crossover Trials

Current Developments in Nutrition
Background: A novel ready-to-use microbiome-directed food (MDF) has been developed for the management of acute malnutrition using ingredients that promote repair of the gut microbiota of undernourished children.
Susan M Rattigan, Ibrahim Ngoumboute Mbouombouo, Mohamed Antar Abdou Tahirou, Ishita Mostafa, Kazi Nazmus Saqeeb, Souna Garba, Ousmane Guindo, Tahmeed Ahmed, Michael J Barratt, Jeffrey I Gordon, Christopher R Sudfeld, Rebecca F Grais, Sheila Isanaka   +12 more
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Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition: An Effective Intervention for Under-Nutrition

Journal of Complementary Medicine & Alternative Healthcare, 2019
Globally, Acute Malnutrition (AM) causes more than 50% of childhood mortality among children under five years of age. Before embracing the use of ready-to-use therapeutic foods, the management of AM was restricted to hospitals bases. However, the current availability of Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) has enabled undernourished children to be ...
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Estimates of the duration of untreated acute malnutrition in children from Niger. [PDF]

, 2010
Expected incidence of acute malnutrition is the most appropriate measure for projecting the needs of a nutritional treatment program over time in terms of staffing, food, and other treatments, but direct estimation of incidence is rarely feasible at the ...
Francesco Checchi, A. Briend, Grais, R, Briend, André, Briend, A, Grais, Rebecca F, R. F. Grais, Sheila Isanaka, Checchi, F, Checchi, Francesco, Rebecca F. Grais, Andre ́ Briend, S. Isanaka, F. Checchi, Isanaka, Sheila, Isanaka, S   +15 more
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Poverty and malnutrition in urban sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review [PDF]

, 2009
Poverty contributes to many problems globally and its resultant effects are many,, varied and have their greatest impact in poor countries. One of the major effects of poverty is malnutrition, which has a hold on all facets of life due to the vicious ...
Muriuki, Mercy S. N.
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Smart Management of Malnutrition Using Local Foods: A Sustainable Initiative for Developing Countries

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
Malnutrition is one of the major challenges the developing world is currently facing, whether it is caused by climate change, terrorism and conflict, or demographic shifts.
Issoufou Amadou, Sitou Lawali
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