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Combined protocol for severe and moderate acute malnutrition in emergencies: Stakeholders perspectives in four countries. [PDF]

Matern Child Nutr, 2020
AbstractEach year, acute malnutrition affects an estimated 52 million children under 5 years of age. Current global treatment protocols divide treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) despite malnutrition being a spectrum disease.
Dalglish SL, Seni Badou M, Sirat A, Abdullahi O, Adalbert MFE, Biotteau M, Goldsmith A, Kozuki N.   +7 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

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
doaj   +2 more sources

An assessment of nutritional status in children of rural, northern KwaZulu-Natal province

South African Family Practice, 2020
Background: Childhood malnutrition in South Africa is largely perceived as one of undernutrition, with the opposite end of the spectrum (overnutrition) being evidenced in the increasing prevalence of childhood obesity, demonstrated to be associated with ...
Kelly R. Gate, Nompumelelo G. Mfeka-Nkabinde, Kantharuben Naidoo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of thyroid hormonal status and serum albumin level between children with moderate acute malnutrition and severe acute malnutrition

International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics, 2022
Background: Malnutrition is one of the most common nutritional problems in developing countries of the world and an important cause of childhood mortality and morbidity leading to permanent impairment of physical and mental growth. Objective of current study was comparison of thyroid hormonal status and serum albumin level between children with MAM and
Aashish Saini, Hemant Jain, Mili Doshi, Jinesh Saini   +3 more
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The severity of malnutrition among children with pneumonia and diarrhoea: moderate acute malnutrition- a neglected entity

Pediatric Review: International Journal of Pediatric Research, 2020
Introduction: Acute malnutrition is a global health problem. In India, 38% of under-5 children are stunted, 21% are wasted and 36% are underweight. Prevalence in Karnataka of wasting is 26.1%, Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) is 10.5% and that of diarrhoea and pneumonia is 4.5% and 1.2% respectively.
Dr. Savitha M R, Dr.Prashanth M R, Dr. Thanuja B.   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Cost-effectiveness of community-based screening and treatment of moderate acute malnutrition in Mali. [PDF]

BMJ Glob Health, 2019
Introduction Moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) causes substantial child morbidity and mortality, accounting for 4.4% of deaths and 6.0% of disability-adjusted life years (DALY) lost among children under 5 each year.
Isanaka S, Barnhart DA, McDonald CM, Ackatia-Armah RS, Kupka R, Doumbia S, Brown KH, Menzies NA.   +7 more
europepmc   +7 more sources

Follow-Up of Post-Discharge Growth and Mortality after Treatment for Severe Acute Malnutrition (FuSAM Study): A Prospective Cohort Study. [PDF]

, 2014
Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) plays a vital role in achieving global child survival targets. Effective treatment programmes are available but little is known about longer term outcomes following programme ...
Bunn, J, Kerac, Marko, Bunn, James, Bahwere, Paluku, George Chagaluka, Steve Collins (572092), Seal, Andrew A.J., Tomkins, A, Collins, S, Chagaluka, G, James Bunn, Chagaluka, George, Paluku Bahwere (572091), Paluku Bahwere, Seal, A, Andrew Seal (572093), Bahwere, P, Andrew Seal, Kerac, M, Tomkins, Andrew, Marko Kerac, Andrew Tomkins, Collins, Steve, Steve Collins, James Bunn (373779), George Chagaluka (572090), Seal, Andrew, Andrew Tomkins (75516), Marko Kerac (104936), Chagaluka George, Kerac Marko, Seal Andrew, Bahwere Paluku, Tomkins Andrew, Collins Steve, Bunn James   +35 more
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Management of acute moderate and severe childhood malnutrition

BMJ, 2008
Acute childhood malnutrition affects about a tenth of the world’s children under 5 years of age, particularly those living in circumstances of extreme poverty in the developing world.1 2 Malnutrition is typically the result of an inadequate diet and is one of the most common diagnoses in children in health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa and south ...
Manary, Mark J, Sandige, Heidi L
openaire   +4 more sources

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, Kerac Marko, Seal Andrew   +7 more
core   +1 more source

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, Kerac M, Salpeteur C, Breysse S, Gervaix A, Alcoba G, Briend A, Galetto-Lacour A   +42 more
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