Isabelle Defourny, Andrea Minetti, Ge´za Harczi, Ste´phane Doyon, Susan Shepherd, Milton Tectonidis, Jean-Herve´ Bradol, Michael Golden This study demonstrated the potential for distribution of fortified spreads to reduce the incidence of severe wasting in large population of children 6–36 months of age in a District of the Maradi Region, Niger. This study evaluated a large-scale […]

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Kerac M, Bunn J, Seal A, Thindwa M, Tomkins A, Sadler K, Bahwere P, Collins S. In Malawi, Synbiotic2000 Forte did not improve severe acute malnutrition outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess the clinical and nutritional efficacy of a probiotic and prebiotic functional food for the treatment of severe acute malnutrition in […]

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This study by Lapidus and colleagues showed that among children being treated for malnutrition in Niger, Weight-for-Height indicators calculated using WHO standards were more accurate for predicting mortality risk than those calculated using the NCHS reference. The findings are of great significance because it means that more children at risk of dying can be identified […]

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The conference is being hosted by Malawi College of Medicine and would be held at Blantyre, Malawi from the 12th-16th August 2009. There will be 3-full days of symposia, plenaries, workshops and debates on a variety of topics including HIV, malnutrition and paediatric disease, malnutrition and enteric disease, the Lancet Undernutrition series, review of 75 […]

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An African-based working group now exists to examine the impact of the HIV virus on severely malnourished children. In Southern and Eastern Africa the Blantyre Working Group on the management of severely malnourished HIV-infected children was established in January 2007. This links experts in Malawi, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania and South Africa. The group advocate […]

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