A large-scale operational study of home-based therapy with ready-to-use therapeutic food in childhood malnutrition in Malawi
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A large-scale operational study of home-based therapy with ready-to-use therapeutic food in childhood malnutrition in Malawi.
Home-based therapy with ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) for the treatment of malnutrition has better outcomes in the research setting than standard therapy. This study examined outcomes of malnourished children aged 6-60 months enrolled in operational home-based therapy with RUTF. Children enrolled in 12 rural centres in southern Malawi were diagnosed with moderate or severe malnutrition a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Maternal & Child Nutrition
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1740-8695,1740-8709
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00095.x