Wilford R, Golden K, Walker DG. The study showed that scaling-up CMAM within essential health services in Dowa District, Malawi was cost-effective and scaling up CMAM in similar contexts is also likely to be cost-effective This study assessed the cost-effectiveness of CMAM to prevent deaths due to severe acute malnutrition (SAM) among children under-five years […]
FANTA-2 has published Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) Costing Tool. The CMAM Costing Tool is a Microsoft Excel-based application that estimates the costs of implementing CMAM at the national, sub-national, and district levels. The Costing Tool calculates the inputs and financial resources required to establish, maintain, or expand CMAM services. This information helps managers […]
Kerac M, Blencowe H, Grijalva-Eternod C, McGrath M, Shoham J, Cole TJ, Seal A A study has found that wasting among infants under 6 months is prevalent in many developing countries whether NCHS or WHO definitions are used. However using WHO standards to define wasting results in a greater disease burden, particularly for severe wasting. […]
TARUN GERA This systematic review showed that the use of therapeutic nutrition products like RUTF for home based management of uncomplicated SAM appears to be safe and efficacious. The study reviewed eighteen published papers (2 systematic reviews, 7 controlled trials, 7 observational trials and 2 consensus statements). Systematic reviews and RCTs showed RUTF to be […]
“Education and professional core competencies for nutritional practice and nutritional support and training of health workers in the treatment and prevention of nutritional problems across the life cycle” Nutritionists and related health professionals attending the 4th African Nutrition and Epidemiology Conference in Nairobi resolved for core competencies for nutrition practice and support and management of […]
“CARING FOR SEVERE MALNUTRITION (SM) OF INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN AS A CORE COMPETENCY FOR PAEDIATRIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS” INTERNATIONAL MALNUTRITION TASK FORCE, IMTF (International Paediatric Association/International Union of Nutrition Sciences in collaboration with WHO/UNICEF/IAEA) Pre Congress Symposium to the 26th IPA Congress of Paediatrics, Johannesburg August 4th, 2010 The group in their deliberations noted with […]
Indian Pediatrics has brought out a Special Issue (August 2010) on Severe Acute Malnutrition, which deliberates in detail on the global and national evidence relating to pertinent issues on this subject. A statement from Umesh Kapil (Professor Public Health Nutrition) and Prof. H.P.S. Sachdev (Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Epidemiology, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science […]
Pediatricians meeting at the 26th Internal Paediatric Association (IPA) Congress of Pediatrics in Johannesburg, South Africa, called on the IPA to make Caring for Severe Malnutrition of Infants and Children as a Core Competency for Paedatric Health Professionals. Participants attending the pre-congress workshop called on the IPA to resolve:- Paediatricians and related health professionals take […]
Hendricks KM. Nutr Rev. 2010 Jul;68(7):429-35. Abstract Undernutrition is a major contributor to child mortality and total global disease burden. Ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) is recommended by the World Health Organization for community-based management of uncomplicated forms of severe acute malnutrition. New research has evaluated the role of RUTF for the prevention of childhood undernutrition. […]
By Samuel Loewenberg The Lancet 2010;376:579-81 Niger is facing a catastrophyic hunger crisis as aid agencies scramble to secure funding to feed more than half of the country’s 8 million people. The report states that months of appeal to the international community for help fell on deaf ears, leaving Niger facing the all too familiar […]