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Risk Factors for Under-Five Children Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) in Grobogan Regency [PDF]

Jurnal Info Kesehatan
Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) is a major health risk for children under five. Various factors, such as poor food intake, infections, family size, healthcare participation, maternal nutrition knowledge, and parenting practices, contribute to SAM ...
Nuryanto Nuryanto, Syaharani Sidhin, Etika Nurul Fala, Choirun Nissa, Aryu Candra, Rachma Purwanti, Deny Yudi Fitranti, Ninik Rustanti, Nur Ahmad Habibi   +8 more
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Beyond the battlefield: how conflict type drives acute child malnutrition in Africa [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background Continuance of global progress toward the eradication of malnutrition in all forms requires the steering of resources to priority areas.
Thomas Jideofor Ogbu, Rebecca Louise Jones, Debarati Guha-Sapir   +2 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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BUN and creatinine in Severe Acute Malnutrition in Infants and Children [PDF]

Minia Journal of Medical Research, 2019
Introduction: Severe acute malnutrition is defined by a very low weight for height (below -3 z scores of the median WHO growth standards), by visible severe wasting or by the presence of nutritional edema.
Mohamed Mahgoub, Mohammed Afifi, Mai Mohammed, Mohammed Abdel Baki   +3 more
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Nutrition status and morbidity of Ethiopian children after recovery from severe acute malnutrition: Prospective matched cohort study

PLoS ONE, 2022
After recovery, children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) remain vulnerable to sub-optimal growth and malnutrition relapse. Although there is an increased interest in understanding these problems, data are scarce, and contextual factors can cause ...
Tsinuel Girma, Philip T. James, Alemseged Abdissa, Hanqi Luo, Yesufe Getu, Yilak Fantaye, Kate Sadler, Paluku Bahwere   +7 more
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Children born during the hunger season are at a higher risk of severe acute malnutrition: Findings from a Guinea Sahelian ecological zone in Northern Ghana

Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2022
Heightened food insecurity in the hunger season increases the risk of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in childhood. This study examined the association of season of birth with SAM in a Guinean Sahelian ecological zone.
Engelbert A. Nonterah, Paul Welaga, Samuel T. Chatio, Sarah H. Kehoe, Winfred Ofosu, Kate A. Ward, Keith M. Godfrey, Abraham R. Oduro, Marie‐Louise Newell, as members of the INPreP study group   +9 more
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Clinico-biochemical profile of sick children with severe acute malnutrition

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Objective: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) classified as edematous and marasmus, however, Kwashiorker represents the most severe phenotype of edematous malnutrition.
Dhilip Kumar, Sunil Kumar Rao, Tej Bali Singh   +2 more
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Time to recovery and its predictors among children 6–59 months with acute malnutrition admitted to community inpatient therapeutic feeding centers in Katsina State, Northwest Nigeria: a retrospective review of health records (2010–2016)

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2023
Background Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) among children under five years of age remains a huge public health and economic burden in Sub-Saharan Africa. We investigated time to recovery and its predictors among children aged 6 to 59 months admitted into
Friday Ilop Joseph, Adewale Falade, Jane Earland   +2 more
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Changing mortality amongst hospitalised children with Severe Acute Malnutrition in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2009 – 2018

BMC Nutrition, 2022
Background The under-five mortality rates of children in South Africa (SA) remain high despite successful HIV prevention and treatment programs. The in-hospital mortality of children with severe acute malnutrition remains a key obstacle.
S Ndlovu, C David-Govender, P Tinarwo, KL Naidoo   +3 more
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Determinants of severe acute malnutrition among children aged 6–36 months in Kalafo district (riverine context) of Ethiopia

Scientific Reports, 2022
Malnutrition remains prevalent and existing health problem globally. Particularly Undernutrition is a major public health issue in developing countries. Globally the causes of severe acute undernutrition varies across context.
Ahmed Tahir Ahmed, Abdulahi Haji Abas, Abdifatah Elmi, Abdilahi Omer   +3 more
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