WHO, UNICEF and SCN Informal consultation on community-based management of severe malnutrition in children
Food and Nutrition Bulletin, Volume 27, Number 3, September 2006 (Supplement - SCN Nutrition Policy Paper No. 21)
In preparation for the joint WHO/SCN/UNICEF Meeting on Community-based Management of Severe Malnutrition in Children conducted in November 2005, four background papers were commissioned by the Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development and by the Department of Nutrition for Health and Development of WHO. A fifth paper was written by an NGO. These papers can be downloaded from this web page. The meeting report and the background paper are presented by a short introduction paper.
Introduction
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Putting back the management of severe malnutrition on the international health agenda
pdf, 46kb
Briend A, Prudhon C, Weise Prinzo Z, Daelmans B, Mason J
Meeting report
Background papers
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A review of methods to detect cases of severely malnourished children in the community for their admission into community-based therapeutic care programs
pdf, 297kb
Myatt M, Khara T, Collins S -
Efficacy and effectiveness of community-based treatment of severe malnutrition
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Ashworth A -
Key issues in the success of community-based management of severe malnutrition
pdf, 444kb
Collins S, Sadler K, Dent N, Khara T, GuerreroS, Myatt M, Saboya M, Walsh A -
Local production and provision of ready-to-use therapeutic food for the treatment of severe childhood malnutrition
pdf, 142kb
Manary M -
The sustainability of Community-based Therapeutic Care (CTC) in non-acute emergency contexts
pdf, 96kb
Gatchell V, Forsythe V, Thomas PR