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Use of Mid-Upper Arm Circumference by Novel Community Platforms to Detect, Diagnose, and Treat Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children: A Systematic Review
Abstract Background: A stubborn persistence of child severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and continued gaps in program coverage have made ...
The cost of preventing undernutrition: cost, cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness of three cash-based interventions on nutrition outcomes in Dadu, Pakistan
Abstract Cash-based interventions (CBIs) increasingly are being used to deliver humanitarian assistance and there is growing interest ...
Severe malnutrition in infants aged <6 months—Outcomes and risk factors in Bangladesh: A prospective cohort study
Abstract Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) affects ~4 million infants under 6 months (u6m) worldwide, but evidence underpinning their ca...
Severe malnutrition in infants aged <6 months—Outcomes and risk factors in Bangladesh: A prospective cohort study
Abstract Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) affects ~4 million infants under 6 months (u6m) worldwide, but evidence underpinning their ca...
Children who are both wasted and stunted are also underweight and have a high risk of death: a descriptive epidemiology of multiple anthropometric deficits using data from 51 countries
Abstract Background: Wasting and stunting are common. They are implicated in the deaths of almost two million children each year and a...
Risks of formula feeding - A brief annotated bibliography
From INFACT, Can buy online: www.infactcanada.ca/mall/risks-formula-feeding.asp Has all the research backing the claims such as increa...
Pneumonia - The forgotten killer of children
Pneumonia. The forgotten killer of children. Has facts about breastfeeding and pneumonia e.g.Infants under six months old who are not ...
Infant feeding strategies & PMTCT - Mashi Trial from Botswana (summary)
Summary of published paper in Field Exchange 29, December 2006, p.6 Published paper: Thior et al (2006). Breastfeeding Plus Infant Zid...
Hurricanes and Pregnancy (guest editorial for Birth)
Buekens P., Xiong X., Harville E. BIRTH 33:2 June 2006 xxiong@tulane.edu Paper concentrates on pregnancy issues during disasters and h...