Community-based management of severe acute malnutrition in India: new evidence from Bihar123

Community-based management of severe acute malnutrition in India: new evidence from Bihar123

Background: An estimated one-third of the world’s children who are wasted live in India. In Bihar state, of children <5 y old, 27.1% are wasted and 8.3% have severe acute malnutrition (SAM). In 2009, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) initiated a community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM...

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Main Authors: Burza, Sakib, Mahajan, Raman, Marino, Elisa, Sunyoto, Temmy, Shandilya, Chandra, Tabrez, Mohammad, Kumari, Kabita, Mathew, Prince, Jha, Amar, Salse, Nuria, Mishra, Kripa Nath
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: American Society for Nutrition 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4381773/

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