Addressing a neglected problem: Community-based management of acute malnutrition
SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION (SAM)—extremely low weight for one’s height—is a life-threatening condition affecting mostly children under five years of age. It is caused by a combination of infection, such as diarrheal disease, and poor diets that are inadequate for nutritional needs. SAM is one of the...
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| description | SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION (SAM)—extremely low weight for one’s height—is a life-threatening condition affecting mostly children under five years of age. It is caused by a combination of infection, such as diarrheal disease, and poor diets that are inadequate for nutritional needs. SAM is one of the top three nutrition-related causes of death in children under five according to the 2008 Maternal and Child Nutrition Lancet Series. A child with SAM is 11 times more likely to die than a well-nourished child. Despite the size of the problem, until the early 2000s SAM appeared to be a so-called neglected disease: little support went to large-scale treatment programs targeted toward children with SAM. Few countries-even among those with a high preva-lence of malnutrition-had a clear national pol-icy for detecting and treating SAM children.10 The development and adoption of a new approach-the community-based management of acute malnutri-tion (CMAM)-was to change the public health nutrition landscape by bringing treatment out of hospitals and into the community |
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| spelling | CGSpace1462412025-11-06T03:51:38Z Addressing a neglected problem: Community-based management of acute malnutrition Hodge, Judith White, Jessica maternal and child health education infants health nutrition policies agricultural policies agricultural research social protection water stunting agriculture micronutrient deficiencies malnutrition nutrition trace elements infant feeding developing countries children hygiene social safety nets resilience obesity wasting disease SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION (SAM)—extremely low weight for one’s height—is a life-threatening condition affecting mostly children under five years of age. It is caused by a combination of infection, such as diarrheal disease, and poor diets that are inadequate for nutritional needs. SAM is one of the top three nutrition-related causes of death in children under five according to the 2008 Maternal and Child Nutrition Lancet Series. A child with SAM is 11 times more likely to die than a well-nourished child. Despite the size of the problem, until the early 2000s SAM appeared to be a so-called neglected disease: little support went to large-scale treatment programs targeted toward children with SAM. Few countries-even among those with a high preva-lence of malnutrition-had a clear national pol-icy for detecting and treating SAM children.10 The development and adoption of a new approach-the community-based management of acute malnutri-tion (CMAM)-was to change the public health nutrition landscape by bringing treatment out of hospitals and into the community 2016-06-15 2024-06-21T09:06:18Z 2024-06-21T09:06:18Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146241 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295889 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Hodge, Judith and White, Jessica. 2016. Addressing a neglected problem: Community-based management of acute malnutrition. In Nourishing millions: Stories of change in nutrition. Gillespie, Stuart; Hodge, Judith; Yosef, Sivan; and Pandya-Lorch, Rajul (Eds.) Ch. 5 Pp. 45-54. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295889_05. |
| spellingShingle | maternal and child health education infants health nutrition policies agricultural policies agricultural research social protection water stunting agriculture micronutrient deficiencies malnutrition nutrition trace elements infant feeding developing countries children hygiene social safety nets resilience obesity wasting disease Hodge, Judith White, Jessica Addressing a neglected problem: Community-based management of acute malnutrition |
| title | Addressing a neglected problem: Community-based management of acute malnutrition |
| title_full | Addressing a neglected problem: Community-based management of acute malnutrition |
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| title_short | Addressing a neglected problem: Community-based management of acute malnutrition |
| title_sort | addressing a neglected problem community based management of acute malnutrition |
| topic | maternal and child health education infants health nutrition policies agricultural policies agricultural research social protection water stunting agriculture micronutrient deficiencies malnutrition nutrition trace elements infant feeding developing countries children hygiene social safety nets resilience obesity wasting disease |
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