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Training Guide for Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM)

A significant gap remains between need and capacity for management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children. This is despite clear advances in the development and implementation of international and national protocols for the management of SAM, as well as guidelines and training for inpatient care of severely acutely malnourished children. The Training Guide for Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) aims to address this gap by increasing knowledge of and building practical skills to implement CMAM in both emergency and non-emergency contexts.

CMAM offers great potential for treating the majority of children with SAM and no medical complications, at home through decentralized outpatient care, while also providing for inpatient care for those who need it: children with SAM and medical complications and infants with SAM less than 6 months old. CMAM also includes community outreach for early case detection and timely referral for treatment and may include linkages to programs and services to manage moderate acute malnutrition and prevent new cases of acute malnutrition from impairing healthy growth or becoming life threatening.

The training guide is designed for health care managers and health care providers who manage, supervise and implement CMAM. This includes health care providers who are involved in health outreach activities, as well as MOH officials at the national, regional and district levels, health and nutrition program managers of NGOs and United Nations technical staff.

The training guide was produced in collaboration with Concern Worldwide, Valid International and UNICEF, with technical input and review from USAID, the World Health Organization and numerous non-governmental organizations working to lessen the impact of SAM on children. Support for the development of the Training Guide for Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) was provided by USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and Bureau for Global Health's Office of Health, Infectious Disease and Nutrition.

Copies of the CD-rom are available by emailing your request to fanta2@aed.org.

 

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Trainer's Guide

Participant's Handouts
Errata for Training Modules, June 2009
 
Binder Cover
Trainer Guidance and Introduction  
PowerPoint Presentation for Module 1
Module 1. Overview of Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM)
Module 2. Defining and Measuring Acute Malnutrition
Module 3. Community Outreach
Module 4. Outpatient Care for the Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) Without Medical Complications
Module 5. Inpatient Care for the Management of SAM with Medical Complications in the Context of CMAM
Module 6. Supplementary Feeding for the Management of Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) in the Context of CMAM
Module 7. Planning CMAM Services at the District Level
Module 8. Monitoring and Reporting on CMAM
Supplemental Reference 8.1