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Combined protocol for severe and moderate acute malnutrition in emergencies

author(s) Dalglish, SL. - , Seni Badou. - M, Sirat.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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  • Northern Africa
  • Africa
  • World
  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Western Africa
citation

Dalglish, SL, Seni Badou, M, Sirat, A, et al. Combined protocol for severe and moderate acute malnutrition in emergencies: Stakeholder perspectives in four countries. Matern Child Nutr. 2020; 16:e12920. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12920

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Abstract

Each year, acute malnutrition affects an estimated 52 million children under 5 years of age. Current global treatment protocols divide treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) despite malnutrition being a spectrum disease. A proposed Combined Protocol provides for (a) treatment of MAM and SAM at the same location; (b) diagnosis using middle‐upper‐arm circumference (MUAC) and oedema only; (c) treatment using a single product, ready‐to‐use‐therapeutic food (RUTF), and (d) a simplified dosage schedule for RUTF. This study examines stakeholders’ knowledge of and opinions on the Combined Protocol in Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, and South Sudan. This research was supported by the Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (R2HC) Programme

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