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Community-based management of Severe Acute Malnutrition

WHO,
WFP,
UNSCN,
UNICEF

Published in : 2007

Available in : English, French

A Joint Statement by the WHO, the WFP, the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition and the UNICEF on the community-based treatment of severely malnurished children, promoting it's effectiveness in detecting the cases of SAM and treating them with RUTF.

Update 2011

The Joint Statement has been updated to reflect the revised MUAC cut-off of 115 mm on pages 2 and 3. The maximum aflatoxin level has been revised to 10 ppb on page 6.

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Themes: Emergency, general, Interventions, general, Micronutrients, general, Nutrition and health/disease, general, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS, general, Nutrition assessments and M&E, general, Nutrition planning, policy and programme, general, Undernutrition, general, Anthropometry, Community therapeutic care, Community therapeutic care, HTP module 13, Infant feeding in emergencies, Infant, Young Child Feeding, Maternal and child health, Micronutrient deficiencies, Micronutrient deficiencies, Micronutrient Supplementation, Micronutrient Supplementation, Micronutrient Supplementation, MUAC, MUAC, Nutritional requirements , Nutritional requirements, Programmes, Stunting, Supplementary feeding, Supplementary feeding, Therapeutic feeding, RUF/RUTF, Therapeutic feeding, RUF/RUTF, Treatment of severe acute malnutrition, Treatment of severe acute malnutrition, Underweight, Wasting