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Distance From Treatment Is Associated With Poorer Admission Status and Worse Outcomes Among Acutely Malnourished Children

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
Abstract Distance from health facilities is an important predictor of treatment seeking and health outcomes. We aimed to describe the relationship between distance from care with admission characteristics and treatment outcomes among children admitted to malnutrition treatment.
Suvi T. Kangas, Abel Khisa, Zachary Tausanovitch, Bareye Ouologuem, Issa Niamanto Coulibaly, Koniba Diassana, Alhousseyni Haidara, Grace Heymsfield, Christian Ritz, André Briend, Jeanette Bailey   +10 more
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Use of tuberculin skin test for assessment of immune recovery among previously malnourished children in Ethiopia. [PDF]

, 2017
OBJECTIVE: To compare levels of immunity in children recovering from severe acute malnutrition (cases) against those of community controls (controls).
Abdissa, Alemseged, Bahwere, Paluku, Getnet, Yilak, Getu, Yesufe, Girma, Tsinuel, James, Philip, Sadler, Kate   +6 more
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The Use of Home Fortification Products in Humanitarian Settings: A Scoping Review

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Home fortification products (HFPs), including multiple micronutrient powders and small‐quantity lipid‐based nutrient supplements, are specialized, nutrient‐filled products added to foods with the aim of filling critical nutrient gaps. Despite their potential, there is limited documentation of the use of HFPs in humanitarian settings.
Jacqueline M. Lauer, Alexandra DeShaw, Isabelle Ward, Davidson H. Hamer, Lindsey M. Locks   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanisms by which sialylated milk oligosaccharides impact bone biology in a gnotobiotic mouse model of infant undernutrition [PDF]

, 2019
Undernutrition in children is a pressing global health problem, manifested in part by impaired linear growth (stunting). Current nutritional interventions have been largely ineffective in overcoming stunting, emphasizing the need to obtain better ...
Ahern, Philip P., Ahmed, Tahmeed, Barile, Daniela, Barratt, Michael J., Cheng, Jiye, Cowardin, Carrie A., Gordon, Jeffrey I., Guruge, Janaki L., Head, Richard D., Hibberd, Matthew C., Huq, Sayeeda, Kung, Vanderlene L., Mills, David A., Sundaresan, Vinaik   +13 more
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Locomotor muscle dysfunction and rehabilitative exercise training in fibrotic interstitial lung disease: Where are we at and where could we go?

Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Exercise limitation is a cardinal feature of fibrotic interstitial lung disease arising from pulmonary gas exchange, respiratory mechanical and cardio‐circulatory abnormalities. More recently, it has been recognized that impairment in locomotor muscle function (e.g., reduced muscle mass/strength or heightened fatigability) might also play a ...
Sarah Thivent, J. Alberto Neder, Anne‐Catherine Bernard, Marie Coudurier, Michel Guinot, Frédéric Hérengt, Samuel Verges, Mathieu Marillier   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Edematous severe acute malnutrition is characterized by hypomethylation of DNA

Nature Communications, 2019
The edematous form of severe acute childhood malnutrition (ESAM) presents with more severe multi-organ dysfunction than non-edematous SAM (NESAM). Here the authors assess genome-wide DNA methylation in buccal cells of SAM children and find that ESAM is ...
Katharina V. Schulze, Shanker Swaminathan, Sharon Howell, Aarti Jajoo, Natasha C. Lie, Orgen Brown, Roa Sadat, Nancy Hall, Liang Zhao, Kwesi Marshall, Thaddaeus May, Marvin E. Reid, Carolyn Taylor-Bryan, Xueqing Wang, John W. Belmont, Yongtao Guan, Mark J. Manary, Indi Trehan, Colin A. McKenzie, Neil A. Hanchard   +19 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of the Malnutrition eLearning Course for Global Capacity Building in the Management of Malnutrition: Cross-Country Interrupted Time-Series Study. [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: Scaling up improved management of severe acute malnutrition has been identified as the nutrition intervention with the largest potential to reduce child mortality, but lack of operational capacity at all levels of the health system constrains
Aduku, N.E.L., Annan, R., Ashworth, A., Choi, S., Jackson, A.A., Kyei-Boateng, S., Monroy-Valle, M., Penn, A., Pickup, T., Portillo Sermeño, C.E., Pulman, Andy, Velásquez Monzón, C.I., Yuen, H.M.   +12 more
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Examining the complex dynamics influencing acute malnutrition in Turkana and Samburu counties: Study protocol

Maternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 22, Issue 1, March 2026.
Nawiri Longitudinal study, a population‐based mixed‐methods observational study, aimed to identify the drivers of acute malnutrition in Turkana and Samburu counties, Kenya. A representative sample of children under 3 years at baseline and their primary caregivers were followed about every 4 months over 2 years for six data collection waves.
Calistus Wilunda, Estelle Sidze, Faith Thuita, Dickson Amugsi, Amanuel Abajobir, Martin Mutua, Bonventure Mwangi, Samuel Iddi, Chessa Lutter, Valerie L. Flax, Albert Webale, Esther Anono, Hazel Odhiambo, Caroline Wangui Wainaina, Stephen Ekiru, Gillian Chepkwony, John Ebei, Duncan Lesiamito, Elizabeth Kimani‐Murage, Brad Sagara   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Severe acute malnutrition in children aged under 5 years can be successfully managed in a non-emergency routine community healthcare setting in Ghana [PDF]

, 2017
This study investigated the performance of community-based management of severe acute malnutrition (CMAM) within routine healthcare services in Ghana. This was a retrospective cohort study of n = 488 children (6–59 months) who had received CMAM. Data for
Akparibo, R., Blank, L., Campbell, M., Harris, J., Holdsworth, M.   +4 more
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Nutrition Intervention Coverage and Inequities Along the Continuum of Care: Results From the Eighth Demographic and Health Survey in Six Sub‐Saharan African Countries

Maternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 22, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Many countries rely on national household surveys to monitor coverage of nutrition interventions. Following a multi‐year consultative effort, 14 new and revised nutrition coverage indicators were included in the Round 8 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS‐8) core questionnaire.
Erica Phillips, Stephanie Zobrist, Erin M. Milner, Jacqueline K. Kung'u, Rebecca A. Heidkamp, Rukundo K. Benedict   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source