Sissoko D, Laouenan C, Folkesson E, M’Lebing A, Beavogui A, et al.
2016-03-01 • PLOS Medicine
2016-03-01 • PLOS Medicine
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a highly lethal condition for which no specific treatment has proven efficacy. In September 2014, while the Ebola outbreak was at its peak, the World Health ...
Few studies have looked at consumption of Ready-to-Use-Supplementary-Foods (RUSFs) during a nutritional emergency. Here, we describe the use and acceptability of RUSF within households i...
Goossens S, Bekele Y, Yun O, Harczi G, Ouannes M, et al.
2012-11-26 • PLOS One
2012-11-26 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND In therapeutic feeding programs (TFP), mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) shows advantages over weight-for-height Z score (WHZ) and is recommended by the World Health Orga...
Children with moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) are treated with lipid-based nutrient supplement (LNS) or corn-soy blend (CSB). We assessed the effectiveness of (a) matrix, i.e., LNS or ...
Children with moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) are treated based on low weight-for-length z-score (WLZ), low mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) or both. This study aimed to assess assoc...
2021-05-19 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
2021-05-19 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
INTRODUCTION The Optimising MAlnutrition treatment (OptiMA) strategy aims to simplify current malnutrition treatment protocols for children with mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC)<12...
The 2013-16 Ebola virus disease outbreak in west Africa was associated with unprecedented challenges in the provision of care to patients with Ebola virus disease, including absence of p...
OBJECTIVE: The objective of our study was to assess the impact of adopting the World Health Organization growth standards and weight-for-height z-score criterion on the response to treat...
Fabiansen C, Phelan KPQ, Cichon B, Ritz C, Briend A, et al.
2016-01-06 • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
2016-01-06 • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
BACKGROUND The management of children with moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) is based on food supplementation in outpatient programs. When midupper arm circumference (MUAC) is used a...
Daures M, Phelan KPQ, Issoufou M, Kouanda S, Sawadogo O, et al.
2020-05-26 • MSF Scientific Days International 2020
2020-05-26 • MSF Scientific Days International 2020
INTRODUCTION The Optimizing Treatment for Acute Malnutrition (OptiMA) strategy trains mothers to use mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) bracelets for screening, and targets treatment...
Roederer T, Llosa AE, Shepherd S, Defourny I, Lacharite M, et al.
2021-01-26 • medRxiv
2021-01-26 • medRxiv
Background We present results from an intervention case study, the Soins Preventifs de l’Enfant (SPE) project, in Konséguéla health area, Mali. The intervention involved a network of com...
Defourny I, Minetti A, Harczi G, Doyon S, Shepherd S, et al.
2009-05-06 • PLOS One
2009-05-06 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND: There are 146 million underweight children in the developing world, which contribute to up to half of the world's child deaths. In high burden regions for malnutrition, the t...
BACKGROUND Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) has been associated with low polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) status. However, investigations regarding PUFA status and correlates in chil...
