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Improving survival of children with severe acute malnutrition in HIV-prevalent settings.

, 2009
The care of severely malnourished children in sub-Saharan Africa is challenging, especially in HIV-prevalent settings. Recent improvements to facility-based individual case management, and increased community-based management focusing on early ...
Kerac, Marko, Fergusson, Pamela, Tomkins, Andrew, Pamela Fergusson, Marko Kerac, Andrew Tomkins   +5 more
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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, Ulrich E Schaible   +7 more
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Barriers and facilitators of severe acute malnutrition management at Felege Hiwot Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Bahir Dar, North West Ethiopia, descriptive phenomenological study.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundMalnutrition is a clinical condition that affects all age groups, and it remains a major public health threat in Sub-Saharan Africa. As a result, this research aimed to investigate the barriers and facilitators of treating severe acute ...
Daniel Alelign, Netsanet Fentahun, Zeamanuel Anteneh Yigzaw   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical and Anthropometric Characteristics of Hospitalized Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition at Al Buluk Hospital, Sudan [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a major pediatric health challenge in low-resource settings and a leading cause of hospitalization among children under five, contributing substantially to morbidity and mortality.
Azhari A. Mohammed Nour
doaj   +1 more source

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   +6 more sources

Higher risk of Long COVID among patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases and immunomodulatory therapy: a retrospective cohort analysis of national US data.

Arthritis &Rheumatology, Accepted Article.
Background Little is known about the prevalence of and factors associated with Long COVID in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRDs). Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study using data from the National Clinical Cohort Collaborative (N3C).
Namrata Singh, A. Jerrod Anzalone, Holland Stevenson, Londyn Robinson, Lesley E. Jackson, Sandra E. Safo, Zachary Butzin‐Dozier, Kaleb Michaud, Maria I. Danila, Jasvinder A. Singh, Rena C. Patel, on behalf of the National Clinical Cohort Collaborative (N3C) Consortium   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Prediction: Data, Baselines, Explanation, and Causation in Machine Learning for Food Insecurity

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
The gains from machine learning in nowcasting and forecasting food insecurity are still small and limited and cannot be observed in all countries. This review summarizes the public resources for data, corrects common misconceptions about model requirements, and establishes baseline requirements, explanations, causal inference, and equity in operational
Shabnam Mehboob, Azman Abdullah, Gunesh Kumar, Samreen Memon, Naila Afghan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal cut-offs for acute malnutrition (AM) and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) by age group and gender.

, 2016
Optimal cut-offs for acute malnutrition (AM) and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) by age group and gender.
Sophie Whitney (591328), Jacques Berger (170859), Prak Sophonneary (2164972), Arnaud Laillou (170804), Frank T. Wieringa (504033), Marlène Perignon (2164975), Marion Fiorentino (504028), Richard de Groot (591327), Khov Kuong (662861)   +8 more
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Estimates of the duration of untreated acute malnutrition in children from Niger. [PDF]

, 2010
Expected incidence of acute malnutrition is the most appropriate measure for projecting the needs of a nutritional treatment program over time in terms of staffing, food, and other treatments, but direct estimation of incidence is rarely feasible at the ...
Francesco Checchi, A. Briend, Grais, R, Briend, André, Briend, A, Grais, Rebecca F, R. F. Grais, Sheila Isanaka, Checchi, F, Checchi, Francesco, Rebecca F. Grais, Andre ́ Briend, S. Isanaka, F. Checchi, Isanaka, Sheila, Isanaka, S   +15 more
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Determinants of severe acute malnutrition in Bangladeshi under-five children: a hospital-based case-control study

Heliyon
Introduction: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a critical public health issue in Bangladesh, particularly among children under five, and is a leading cause of death. While most studies have examined malnutrition broadly, this study aims to identify the
Aklima Alam, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader, Nurun Nahar Naila, Gazi Md. Salahuddin Mamun, Gobinda Karmakar, Tahmeed Ahmed, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source