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Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) associated mortality rate of children attending HIV/AIDS care in North West Ethiopia, 2009-2019. [PDF]

SAGE Open Med, 2022
Objective: This study aimed to assess Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) associated mortality rate of children attending HIV/AIDS care in North West Ethiopia 2009–2019. Methods: Institutional-based retrospective cohort study was employed among 721 on antiretroviral therapy care seropositive children since 2009–2019. Data were entered using EpiData version
Kebede F.
europepmc   +6 more sources

Should India Use Commercially Produced Ready to Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF) for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)

Social Medicine, 2009
Globally, nearly 20 million children under five suffer from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), a condition which contributes to one million child deaths annually. In India 48% of children under five years of age are stunted and 43 percent are underweight;
Vandana Prasad, Radha Holla, Arun Gupta
doaj   +4 more sources

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

BMC Health Serv Res, 2018
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, in order to improve the coverage of SAM treatment services.This multicentre, randomised intervention study was ...
Alvarez Morán JL, Alé GBF, Charle P, Sessions N, Doumbia S, Guerrero S.   +5 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. [PDF]

BMC Med, 2017
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. The effect of CTPs on the outcome of children already severely malnourished is not well delineated.
Grellety E, Babakazo P, Bangana A, Mwamba G, Lezama I, Zagre NM, Ategbo EA.   +6 more
europepmc   +7 more sources

The malnutrition turnaround: A proof of concept of the end malnutrition initiative in Karnataka, India [PDF]

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
India faces a persistent public health challenge with malnutrition, particularly among children under five, as highlighted by NFHS-5 data (2019–2021).
Edmond Fernandes, Claret Shalini Dsouza, Robin Sudandiradas   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Duration of recovery from severe acute malnutrition and associated factors in children aged 6–59 months: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Malnutrition, particularly severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children under five, is a global crisis affecting 25–35 million children, especially in Africa and Southeast Asia. In Ethiopia, 21% are underweight, 36% stunted, and 7% wasted.
Hikma Fedlu, Lata Fekadu, Amanuel Mengistu Merera, Kumara Asafa, Firew Tiruneh   +4 more
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The Economic Implications of Relapse Among Children Recovered from Severe Acute Malnutrition: Results from a Multicountry Prospective Study in Mali, Somalia, and South Sudan [PDF]

Current Developments in Nutrition
Background: The community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) is effective at recovering children from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and saving lives.
Chloe Puett, Sarah King, Sherifath Mama Chabi, Feysal Abdisalan Mohamud, Nancy Lamwaka, Heather Stobaugh   +5 more
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Intestinal parasitic infection as an associated risk factor for severe acute malnutrition in rural children in age group 6m-5 yrs of Raipur district: A case control study [PDF]

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Background: Malnutrition is a major public health problem in India, particularly in Chhattisgarh State with 18.9% under five children being wasted. Various factors like maternal nutrition, lack of sanitation and recurrent infection including parasitic ...
Pranab Kumar Das, Tushar Bharat Jagzape, Archana Wankhede, Anil Kumar Goel   +3 more
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Screening for Acute Malnutrition Using Family Mid-Upper Arm Circumference in Somali Region of Ethiopia [PDF]

International Journal of Nutrition Sciences, 2022
Background: In spite of the decentralization of diagnosis and treatment of severe acute malnutrition from the strictly hospital-based approach for all cases to community-based approach, only about 10%-15% of the estimated 16.5 million children suffering ...
Olusola Oladeji, Paul Mudzongo, Rashid Abdulai, Abdi Fekdid Mursel, Mohamed Badel Ali, Bashir Sheik Mohammed   +5 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 ...
A Briend, A Briend, A Briend, Andrea S. Wiley, CG Victora, DK Matilsky, Géza Harczi, LE Caulfield, M de Onis, M Myatt, M Myatt, MA Fernández, Marie Ouannes, MI Velzeboer, MJ Manary, MK Mwangome, MP Patel, N Alam, Oliver Yun, S Collins, S Collins, S Isanaka, Susan Shepherd, Sylvie Goossens, V Vella, Yodit Bekele, Z Mei   +26 more
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