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Preliminary evaluation of the Moyo chart-a novel, low-cost, weight-for-height slide chart for the improved assessment of nutritional status in children.

, 2010
The Moyo chart is a novel weight-for-height slide chart. We explore the hypothesis that it improves accuracy, speed and ease of nutritional assessment compared with traditional lookup tables.
Kerac, Marko, Andrew Seal, Sikorski, Catherine, Fikremariam, Martha, Seal, Andrew, Marko Kerac, Catherine Sikorski, Martha Fikremariam   +7 more
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Mid-Upper Arm Circumference based Nutrition Programming: evidence for a new approach in regions with high burden of Acute Malnutrition [PDF]

, 2012
In therapeutic feeding programs (TFP), mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) shows advantages over weight-for-height Z score (WHZ) and is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an independent criterion for screening children 6-59 months old ...
Yodit Bekele, Shepherd, S, Goossens Sylvie, Ouannes Marie, Sylvie Goossens, Yun, O, Susan Shepherd, Bekele Yodit, Yun Oliver, Harczi Géza, Marie Ouannes, Harczi, G, Géza Harczi, Shepherd Susan, Ouannes, M, Oliver Yun, Goossens, S, Bekele, Y   +17 more
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Assessment of Performance on Community Management of Acute Malnutrition in Wagini OTP Center, Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State

UMYU Journal of Microbiology Research, 2017
Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) is a community-based integrated approach for management of acute malnutrition. Retrospective and on-the-spot (present) assessment performance of community management of acute malnutrition program was ...
Bello Usman, Sani Aliyu, O A Owolabi, A B Sallau   +3 more
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Nutritional treatment of children 6–59 months with severely low weight-for-age z-score: a study protocol for a 3-arm randomized controlled trial

Trials
Background Admission criteria that treat children with low mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC), and low weight-for-height z-score (WHZ) are not aligned with the evidence on which children are at risk of mortality.
Suvi T. Kangas, Césaire T. Ouédraogo, Moctar Tounkara, Bareye Ouoluoguem, Issa Niamanto Coulibaly, Alhousseyni Haidara, Niele Hawa Diarra, Koniba Diassana, Zachary Tausanovitch, Christian Ritz, Jonathan C. Wells, André Briend, Mark Myatt, Elizabeth Radin, Jeanette Bailey   +14 more
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Children with severe malnutrition: can those at highest risk of death be identified with the WHO protocol? [PDF]

, 2006
Background: With strict adherence to international recommended treatment guidelines, the case fatality for severe malnutrition ought to be less than 5%. In African hospitals, fatality rates of 20% are common and are often attributed to poor training and ...
Berkley, J.A., Berkley, James, Newton Charles R. J. C, Charles R J C Newton, Berkley James A, Peshu, N, Kathryn Maitland, Berkley, JA, Norbert Peshu, Maitland, K, English, M, James A Berkley, Mohammed Shebbe, Newton, CR, English Michael, Michael English, Newton, C.R.J., Newton, CRJC, Maitland Kathryn, Shebbe, M, Peshu Norbert, English, M., Shebbe Mohammed, English, Mike, Peshu, N., Shebbe, M., Maitland, K.   +26 more
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Energy needs in the treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition: Secondary analysis to optimize delivery of ready‐to‐use therapeutic foods

Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2020
Outpatient therapeutic feeding protocols for the treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition in children were initially based on weight gain data from inpatient settings and expert knowledge of the physiological requirements during recovery ...
Sheila Isanaka, Christopher T. Andersen, Kerstin E. Hanson, Fatou Berthé, Rebecca F. Grais, André Briend   +5 more
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HIV prevalence in severely malnourished children admitted to nutrition rehabilitation units in Malawi: Geographical & seasonal variations a cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Severe malnutrition in childhood associated with HIV infection presents a serious humanitarian and public health challenge in Southern Africa.
Kerac, Marko, Maleta, Kenneth, Nesbitt, A, Nesbitt, Anne, Kerac, M, Kerac Marko, Maleta Kenneth, Thurstans, Susan, Thurstans, S, Thurstans Susan, Maleta, K, Nesbitt Anne, Banda, Theresa, Banda Theresa, Banda, T   +14 more
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Management of people with acute low-back pain: a survey of Australian chiropractors [PDF]

, 2011
Introduction: Chiropractors commonly provide care to people with acute low-back pain (LBP). The aim of this survey was to determine how chiropractors intend to support and manage people with acute LBP and if this management is in accordance with two ...
Page, M.J., Denise A O'Connor, Page, M. J., Grimshaw, J. M., Francis, J.J., Joanne E McKenzie, Jill J Francis, Keating, JL, O'Connor, Denise A, Keating, J.L., Michie, S, Page, Matthew, Francis, J., Simon D French, Francis, Jillian Joy, Keating, Jenny L, O'Connor, Denise, O'Connor, D.A., Michie, S., Keating, Jennifer, Jenny L Keating, Green, SE, Walker, B. F., Bruce F Walker, Page, MJ, Francis, JJ, McKenzie, J.E., Beringer, Katherine, McKenzie, J. E., Green, Sally E, Matthew J Page, Susan Michie, Walker, Bruce, Beringer, K., Francis, Jill J, Green, Sally, O'Connor, DA, Murphy, K., Walker, BF, Murphy, Kerry, O'Connor, D. A., Michie, Susan, Katherine Beringer, McKenzie, Joanne E, McKenzie, JE, Kerry Murphy, French, SD, Beringer, K, Walker, B.F., French, Simon, French, Simon D, French, S.D., Murphy, K, Sally E Green, Page, Matthew J, McKenzie, Joanne, Walker, Bruce F, Green, S. E., Francis, Jillian, Keating, J., French, S. D., Green, S.E.   +61 more
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Acute malnutrition among under-five children in Faryab, Afghanistan: prevalence and causes [PDF]

, 2016
2016-02Acute malnutrition affects more than 50 million under-five (U5) children, causing 8.0% of global child deaths annually. The prevalence of acute malnutrition (wasting) among U5 children in Afghanistan was 9.5% nationally and 3.7% in Faryab province
Hamajima, Nobuyuki, Reyer, Joshua A., Dalil, Suraya, Abdullah, Darman Rahimzad, Yamamoto, Eiko, Muhammad, Kamel Frozanfar, Yoshida, Yoshitoku   +6 more
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Evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of the treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition by lady health workers as compared to an outpatient therapeutic feeding programme in Sindh Province, Pakistan

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Due to the limited evidence of the cost-effectiveness of Community Health Workers (CHW) delivering treatment for severe acute malnutrition (SAM), there is a need to better understand the costs incurred by both implementing institutions and ...
Eleanor Rogers, Saul Guerrero, Deepak Kumar, Sajid Soofi, Shahid Fazal, Karen Martínez, Jose Luis Alvarez Morán, Chloe Puett   +7 more
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