“No weight for height” case detection strategies for therapeutic feeding programs: sensitivity to acute malnutrition and target composition based on representative surveys in humanitarian settings

BACKGROUND: One newly proposed approach to determining eligibility of children aged 6–59 months for therapeutic feeding programs (TFPs) is to use mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) < 115 mm, bilateral oedema or Weight-for-Age Z-score (WAZ) < − 3 as admission criteria (MUAC+SWAZ). We explored p...

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Autores principales: Guesdon, Benjamin, Couture, Alexia, Lesieur, Elise, Bilukha, Oleg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7850713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33526090
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40795-021-00406-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7850713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33526090
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40795-021-00406-6

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