Addressing a neglected problem: Community-based management of acute malnutrition

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dc.creatorHodge, Judith
dc.creatorWhite, Jessica
dc.date2016-06-15
dc.date2024-06-21T09:06:18Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:06:18Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:56:14Z
dc.descriptionSEVERE 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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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146241
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/89920
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295889
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceHodge, 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.
dc.subjectmaternal and child health
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectinfants
dc.subjecthealth
dc.subjectnutrition policies
dc.subjectagricultural policies
dc.subjectagricultural research
dc.subjectsocial protection
dc.subjectwater
dc.subjectstunting
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectmicronutrient deficiencies
dc.subjectmalnutrition
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjecttrace elements
dc.subjectinfant feeding
dc.subjectdeveloping countries
dc.subjectchildren
dc.subjecthygiene
dc.subjectsocial safety nets
dc.subjectresilience
dc.subjectobesity
dc.subjectwasting disease
dc.titleAddressing a neglected problem: Community-based management of acute malnutrition
dc.typeBook Chapter

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