Rationale for the Workshop Agenda Participant List Presentations Review of Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) in the Post-emergency Context: Synthesis of Lessons on Integration of CMAM into National Health Systems Community-based Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition: A Joint Statement by WHO, WFP, SCN and UNICEF

International Workshop on the Integration of Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (2008)

Workshop Report Published by the Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN)

The Workshop Report for the April 2008 International Workshop on the Integration of Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) provides an overview of the overarching issues, obstacles, and successes encountered in the integration of CMAM into national health systems. These include the importance of ministry of health leadership, the need to strengthen capacities at most levels of a health system and to provide simple protocols to facilitate implementation, and the critical need for open and frequent information sharing. The report highlights presentations and discussions by international experts in CMAM, including those from the United States Agency for International Development, UNICEF, the World Health Organization, developing country ministries of health and nongovernmental organization implementers.

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