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Understanding multilevel barriers to childhood vaccination uptake among Internally Displaced Populations (IDPs) in Mogadishu, Somalia: a qualitative study

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Disparities in vaccination coverage exist in Somalia with Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) being among the groups with the lowest coverage.
Mohamed Jelle, Andrew J Seal, Hodan Mohamed, Hani Mohamed, Mohamed Sheikh Omar, Sadik Mohamed, Amina Mohamed, Joanna Morrison   +7 more
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Programmatic adaptations to acute malnutrition screening and treatment during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2022
The COVID‐19 pandemic presented numerous challenges to acute malnutrition screening and treatment. To enable continued case identification and service delivery while minimising transmission risks, many organisations and governments implemented ...
Maria Wrabel, Ronald Stokes‐Walters, Sarah King, Grace Funnell, Heather Stobaugh   +4 more
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Food bank drive-through distribution during COVID-19

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprece­dented surge in food insecurity and demand for free food. In response, Foodshare, the regional food bank serving Greater Hartford, Connecticut, created a drive-through distribution program to meet the ...
Brittney Cavaliere, Carson Drew, Katie Martin   +2 more
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Scaling severe acute malnutrition treatment with community health workers: a geospatial coverage analysis in rural Mali

Human Resources for Health, 2022
Background In 2015, the Ministry of Health in Mali included the treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) into the package of activities of the integrated Community Case Management (iCCM).
Pilar Charle-Cuéllar, Lidia Espí-Verdú, Juan Goyanes, Magloire Bunkembo, Salimata Samake, Mamadou Traore, Adama Balla Coulibaly, Aly Landouré, Fatou Diawara, Abdias Ogobara Dougnon, Antonio Vargas, Noemí López-Ejeda   +11 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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Unintended Pregnancy and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Unit in Public Health Facilities of Dire Dawa City, Eastern Ethiopia, 2021

Obstetrics and Gynecology International, 2023
Background. Unintended pregnancy refers to a pregnancy that is either mistimed or unwanted. Unintended pregnancy has been a troubling public health and reproductive health issue, which imposes appreciable adverse consequences on the mother, child, and ...
Andinet Ayele, Neil Abdurashid, Mickiale Hailu, Bereket Tefera   +3 more
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Taking Severe Acute Malnutrition Treatment Back to the Community: Practical Experiences From Nutrition Coverage Surveys

Frontiers in Public Health, 2016
The Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) treatment model was introduced to respond to the limited coverage of the inpatient model yet until the introduction of quick and low-cost approaches to measuring coverage, its reach was unknown.
Lenka Blanárová, Eleanor Rogers, Carine Magen, Sophie Woodhead   +3 more
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Cost-effectiveness of the treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition by community health workers compared to treatment provided at an outpatient facility in rural Mali

Human Resources for Health, 2018
Background The Malian Nutrition Division of the Ministry of Health and Action Against Hunger tested the feasibility of integrating treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) into the existing Integrated Community Case Management package delivered by ...
Eleanor Rogers, Karen Martínez, Jose Luis Alvarez Morán, Franck G. B. Alé, Pilar Charle, Saul Guerrero, Chloe Puett   +6 more
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The use of soil microbial potassium solubilizers in potassium nutrient availability in soil and its dynamics

Annals of Microbiology, 2022
Background An increase in population has led to a higher demand for food. Meeting up this demand has necessitated the use of chemical fertilizers. However, utilization of these fertilizers has a considerable deleterious effect on the soil, plant, human ...
Faridat Temilomo Olaniyan, Elizabeth Temitope Alori, Aruna Olasekan Adekiya, Bisola Bolajoko Ayorinde, Fisayo Yemisi Daramola, Osarenkhoe Omorefosa Osemwegie, Olubukola Oluranti Babalola   +6 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
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