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Caregiver Screening for Relapse Among Children Recently Recovered From Severe Acute Malnutrition: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial. [PDF]

Matern Child Nutr
ABSTRACT Relapse to acute malnutrition after recovery from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is common. However, most programmatic resources are devoted to the acute phase of recovery, and fewer interventions are available for children recently discharged from outpatient nutritional programs.
Bountogo M, Dah C, Ouédraogo M, Zerbo F, Kouanda I, Lebas E, Fetterman I, La Mons J, Burroughs H, Arnold BF, Sié A, Oldenburg CE.   +11 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Integration of a WASH Component in the Standard National Protocol for Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children Aged 6-59 Months in Northern Senegal-A Costing Study. [PDF]

Matern Child Nutr
This study provides the first cost analysis of integrating a WASH kit into outpatient SAM treatment in Senegal, highlighting key cost drivers and potential efficiencies for scale‐up. Findings offer practical insights for planning and budgeting integrated WASH‐nutrition interventions in similar settings.
Wassonguema B, Lê-Lacanette M, Braun L, Ba M, Siroma F, Cabo AE, Brizuela AV, Seye M, Lapègue J, Devort A, Cumming O, N'Diaye DS.   +11 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Recovery Rate of Under-Five Children From Severe Acute Malnutrition and Its Predictors in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background Previous reviews on severe acute malnutrition recovery in Ethiopia were limited by outdated data and narrow scope. This study used recent and regionally diverse data, including from conflict‐affected areas, to inform current nutrition efforts.
Wondmeneh TG, Ebrahim OA.
europepmc   +2 more sources

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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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
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical Profile and Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) in Southern Odisha

Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society, 2021
Introduction: Severe acute Malnutrition (SAM) is an important contributor to morbidity and mortality amongst less than five years of age. In the National Family health Survey (NFHS), it was seen that 10% of children with SAM would require hospital admission.
Shine Merin Mathew, T V Ram Kumar, Mohanty Niranjan   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

PS-SAM: A Mixed Methods Study to Understand Current Practice and the Facilitators and Barriers to the Utilisation of Psycho-Social Stimulation Interventions in Severe Acute Malnutrition. [PDF]

Matern Child Nutr
ABSTRACT Psycho‐social stimulation interventions, recommended in the WHO guidelines for severe acute malnutrition (SAM), have been demonstrated to improve neurodevelopment and growth. However, interventions which have proven effective in clinical trials are resource‐intensive and may be challenging in many contexts.
Kalmus Eliasz M, Advani D, Gladstone M.
europepmc   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source