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Potential consequences of expanded MUAC-only programs on targeting of acutely malnourished children and ready-to-use-therapeutic-food allocation: lessons from cross-sectional surveys
BACKGROUND: Some of the recently piloted innovative approaches for the management of acute malnutrition in children use the “expanded MUAC-only” approach, with Mid Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) < 125 mm as the sole anthropometric criterion for screening and admission, classification of cases as...
Autores principales: | Guesdon, Benjamin, Couture, Alexia, Pantchova, Danka, Bilukha, Oleg |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7050718/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32153978 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40795-019-0328-1 |
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