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The interaction of malnutrition and neurologic disability in Africa. [PDF]

, 2014
Malnutrition and neurodisability are both major public health problems in Africa. This review highlights key areas where they interact. This happens throughout life and starts with maternal malnutrition affecting fetal neurodevelopment with both ...
Kerac, Marko, Kerac, M, Postels, Douglas G, Mallewa, M, Voskuijl, Wieger P, Gladstone, M, Voskuijl, Wieger P., Mallewa, Mac, Groce, N, Postels, Douglas G., Molyneux, E, Alusine Jalloh, Alhaji, Alusine Jalloh, A, Molyneux, Elizabeth, Voskuijl, WP, Postels, DG, Groce, Nora, Gladstone, Melissa   +17 more
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Assessment of neurodisability and malnutrition in children in Africa. [PDF]

, 2014
Neurodevelopmental delay, neurodisability, and malnutrition interact to contribute a significant burden of disease in global settings. Assessments which are well integrated with plans of management or advice are most likely to improve outcomes ...
Kerac, Marko, Postels, Douglas, Kerac, M, Douglas Postels, Mallewa, M, Wieger Voskuijl, Marko Kerac, Voskuijl, W, Voskuijl, Wieger, Elizabeth Molyneux, Gladstone, M, Mac Mallewa, Mallewa, Mac, Groce, N, Molyneux, E, Alusine Jalloh, Alhaji, Alusine Jalloh, A, Molyneux, Elizabeth, Melissa Gladstone, Postels, D, Alhaji Alusine Jalloh, Nora Groce, Gladstone, Melissa, Groce, Nora   +23 more
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Determinants of severe acute malnutrition among under five children in rural Enebsie Sarmidr District, East Gojjam Zone, North West Ethiopia, 2016

BMC Nutrition, 2018
Background Severe acute malnutrition is one of the major public health problems in developing countries having a devastating effect on the lives of many children under 5 years of age. In Ethiopia, there has been isolated studies conducted on malnutrition
Abate Awoke, Mulatu Ayana, Tenaw Gualu
doaj   +1 more source

Malnutrition and infection: complex mechanisms and global impacts. [PDF]

, 2007
The authors discuss current concepts and controversies surrounding the complex influences of malnutrition on infection and immunity, and point to practical consequences of countermeasures in acute ...
Schaible Ulrich E, Stefan H E Kaufmann, Schaible, U., Kaufmann, Stefan HE, Kaufmann, S., Schaible, Ulrich E, Kaufmann, Stefan H. E., Schaible, Ulrich E., Kaufmann Stefan H. E, Ulrich E Schaible   +9 more
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Effect of nutrition survey 'cleaning criteria' on estimates of malnutrition prevalence and disease burden: secondary data analysis. [PDF]

, 2014
Tackling childhood malnutrition is a global health priority. A key indicator is the estimated prevalence of malnutrition, measured by nutrition surveys. Most aspects of survey design are standardised, but data 'cleaning criteria' are not.
Kerac, Marko, Andrew Seal, Grijalva-Eternod, C, Kerac, M, Seal, A, Seal, Andrew, Grijalva-Eternod, Carlos, Marko Kerac, Sonya Crowe, Crowe, S, Carlos Grijalva-Eternod, Crowe, Sonya   +11 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
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Treatment Outcome of Severe Acute Malnutrition and Its Determinants among Pediatric Patients in West Ethiopia

International Journal of Pediatrics, 2018
Background. Malnutrition is a silent killer that is underreported, underaddressed, and as a result underprioritized. It is reported that severe acute malnutrition is the commonest reason for pediatrics hospital admission in many poor countries; 25 to 30%
Muluken Berhanu Mena, Mohammed Gebre Dedefo, Bruke Berhanu Billoro   +2 more
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Cardiac changes in children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition: A prospective study at tertiary care center of northern India

Indian Heart Journal, 2019
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) may affect cardiac structure and function. Cardiac changes in sick children with SAM have received little attention in the literature.
Dharmendra Jain, Sunil Kumar Rao, Dhilip Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Bhupendra Kumar Sihag   +4 more
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Optimal screening of children with acute malnutrition requires a change in current WHO guidelines as MUAC and WHZ identify different patient groups. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Timely treatment of acute malnutrition in children 500,000 deaths annually. Screening at community level is essential to identify children with malnutrition.
Arnaud Laillou, Sophonneary Prak, Richard de Groot, Sophie Whitney, Joel Conkle, Lindsey Horton, Sam Oeurn Un, Marjoleine A Dijkhuizen, Frank T Wieringa   +8 more
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Interactions between fecal gut microbiome, enteric pathogens, and energy regulating hormones among acutely malnourished rural Gambian children

EBioMedicine, 2021
Background: The specific roles that gut microbiota, known pathogens, and host energy-regulating hormones play in the pathogenesis of non-edematous severe acute malnutrition (marasmus SAM) and moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) during outpatient ...
Helen M. Nabwera, Josh L. Espinoza, Archibald Worwui, Modupeh Betts, Catherine Okoi, Abdul K. Sesay, Rowan Bancroft, Schadrac C. Agbla, Sheikh Jarju, Richard S. Bradbury, Mariama Colley, Amadou T. Jallow, Jie Liu, Eric R Houpt, Andrew M. Prentice, Martin Antonio, Robin M Bernstein, Christopher L. Dupont, Brenda A. Kwambana-Adams   +18 more
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