Aguayo VM, Agarwal V, Agnani M, Das Agrawal D, Bhambhal S, Rawat AK, Gaur A, Garg A, Badgaiyan N, Singh K. This article assesses the effectiveness of an integrated model for the management of SAM (IM-SAM) in India comprising facility- and community-based care and using locally adapted protocols. Children (n = 2740) were randomly sampled […]
Saskia de Pee and Martin W Bloem Abstract Reducing child malnutrition requires nutritious food, breastfeeding, improved hygiene, health services, and (prenatal) care. Poverty and food insecurity seriously constrain accessibility of nutritious diets, including high protein quality, adequate micronutrient content and bioavailability, macro-minerals and essential fatty acids, low anti-nutrient content, and high nutrient density. Largely plant-source-based […]
Lazzerini M, Rubert L, Pani P. This study evaluated the safety and effectiveness of different types of specially formulated foods for children with moderate acute malnutrition in low- and middle-income countries, and to assess whether foods complying or not complying with specific nutritional compositions, such as the WHO technical specifications, are safe and effective. The […]
This study sought to ascertain current recommendations regarding family foods for the treatment of moderate malnutrition and assess whether these are likely to meet nutritional requirements for rehabilitation; to review the effectiveness of dietary counseling in the management of moderate malnutrition. The authors concluded that dietary counseling can be effective in managing malnutrition, but it […]
Robert S Ackatia-Armah, Christine M McDonald, Seydou Doumbia, Juergen G Erhardt, Davidson H Hamer, and Kenneth H Brown This study found that RUSF was more effective in the management of Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM). The objective of the study was to compare the effects of 4 dietary supplements for the treatment of MAM. Twelve community […]
This Capacity Building Workshop facilitated by Facilitated by Prof. Alan Jackson, Dr. Basma Ellahi, Dr. Paul Amuna With Dr. Reggie Annan was held at the 2nd FANUS Meeting in September 2011, in Abuja Nigeria. The workshop sought to explore the opportunities to determine the development of standardised, competency based curricula for nutrition programmes in Africa. […]
The systematic review investigated changes in the prevalence of stunting, in South Africa over 40 years in order to derive lessons from the South African experience. The study found that over the last decade, the national prevalence of stunting has decreased even though between and within provincial, age and ethnic group disparities remain. The review […]
The report is a summary IMAM program activities and the supply chain of ready to use therapeutic food (RUTF) and ready to use supplementary foods (RUSF) and management of acute malnutrition programmes in West and Central African countries. Data reported in this report reflects the conditions until the end of reported month. The objective of […]
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces new $776 million investment in nutrition to tackle child mortality and help all women and children survive and thrive. Melinda Gates made the announcement in Brussels during European Development Days. She said “Malnutrition is the underlying cause of nearly half of all under-5 child deaths,”. “Yet for too […]
The India Institute of Public Health, as part of the workshop series for 2015 are inviting applications for a five day workshop on “Nutritional Management of Children with SAM”. DATE: August 17 – 21, 2015 VENUE: Indian Institute of Public Health Delhi Plot 47, Sector 44, Institutional Area Near HUDA City Centre metro station Gurgaon […]