Management of severe acute malnutrition for children; principal consideration in outpatient therapeutic program in context of Ethiopia -Review

Kabalo, Mulugeta Yohannis

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“…Over 85% of those SAM children were treated in OTP which is part of community based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM). Once admitted, children receive ready-used therapeutic food weekly in view of their weight and other helpful therapies until discharge as per SAM management protocol [3]. …”

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“…On the other hand the level of SAM in children was well-known as public health problem in the studies setting and managed in CMAM mainly by outpatient form [3]. Yet the recovery rate was revealed as < 65% which is intolerable based on international sphere standard.…”

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“…Distance from OTP, type of malnutrition and provision of helpful therapies were key predictors for the outcomes. It was also documented as SAM children with oedema were more likely to recover and SAM admission was mostly in January to April in the studies area [3–5, 7]. …”

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“…Ahead of shown subjects; determinants of infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices, occurrence of SAM in under five children and treatment procedures, treatment outcomes of SAM and its predictors were also areas investigated by the researcher [3–5, 7, 8, 10]. The investigations identified the burden of each problem and its key determinants in the studies setting.…”

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Manifolds boosting severe acute malnutrition burden among children in and around Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia: mini-review

Kabalo

2018

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ObjectivesSevere acute malnutrition (SAM) has been considered as the complex nutritional problem within developing countries. Alleviating its occurrence also exists in an anxiety. A series of studies were conducted to disclose evidences and documented by here author. Moreover key messages were abstracted with this review easing access of texts.ResultsDue to pitiable sanitary practices 30% of cow milk had massive bacterial isolates like Escherichia coli; while usage of raw milk has been common do. Besides the mean severe household food insecurity was 6.5% and practice of family planning was 30%; whilst family size subsists as predictor for household food insecurity. The habits of exclusive breastfeeding, timely initiation of complementary feeding and apt complementary feeding were 78%, 34% and 11%, respectively with awareness as predictor. On the other hand SAM has been recognized as problem in children and treated mainly in outpatient therapeutic program by curative foods. Yet the provided foods were shared due to severe household food insecurity causing SAM recovery rate intolerable. So children get severely underfed by multidimensional determinants and need multifaceted strategies starting from awareness creation and alleviating household food insecurity.

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