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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...
Redefining the role of food aid
The principal objective of food aid, besides responding to needs created by conflict, and other disasters, should be to provide an insu...
Human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) and infant feeding in complex humanitarian emergencies: priorities and policy considerations
Human immuno-deficiency virus and infant feeding in complex humanitarian emergencies: priorities and policy considerations. Leyenaar J....
Breastfeeding and the risk of postneonatal death in the United States
Chen A, Rogan WJ. Breastfeeding and the risk of postneotal death in the United States. Pediatrics 113: 435-439, 2004 A large US based ...