Proceedings of the WHO, UNICEF, and SCN Informal Consultation on Community-Based Management of Severe Malnutrition in Children.
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Background papers A review of methods to detect cases of severely malnourished children in the community for their admission into community-based therapeutic care programs —M. Myatt, T. Khara, and S. Collins ............ S7 Efficacy and effectiveness of community-based treatment of severe malnutrition —A. Ashworth .......... S24 Key issues in the success of community-based management of severe malnutrition —S. Collins, K. Sadler, N. Dent, T. Khara, S. Guerrero, M. Myatt, M. Saboya, and A. Walsh ......................... S49 Local production and provision of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) spread for the treatment of severe childhood malnutrition —M. J. Manary ................................................................................................... S83 The sustainability of community-based therapeutic care (CTC) in nonemergency contexts —V. Gatchell, V. Forsythe, and P.R. Thomas ................................................................................................ S90
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Food and nutrition bulletin
دوره 27 3 Suppl شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006