Simplifying and optimising management of acute malnutrition in children aged 6 to 59 months: study protocol for a community-based individually randomised controlled trial in Kasaï, Democratic Republic of Congo
Autor: | Susan Shepherd, Cécile Cazes, Kevin Phelan, Victoire Hubert, Rodrigue Alitanou, Harouna Boubacar, Liévin Izie Bozama, Gilbert Tshibangu Sakubu, Aurélie Beuscart, Cyrille Yao, Delphine Gabillard, Moumouni Kinda, Augustin Augier, Xavier Anglaret, Renaud Becquet |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Zdroj: | BMJ Open, Vol 10, Iss 12 (2020) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 2020-0412 2044-6055 |
DOI: | 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041213 |
Popis: | Introduction Acute malnutrition (AM) is a continuum condition, arbitrarily divided into moderate and severe AM (SAM) categories, funded and managed in separate programmes under different protocols. Optimising acute MAlnutrition (OptiMA) treatment aims to simplify and optimise AM management by treating children with mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) |
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