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United Nations University (UNU) Food and Nutrition Bulletin Volume
27, No. 3
(Supplement: SCN Nutrition Policy Paper No. 21), September 2006
Proceedings of an Informal Consultation
on Community-Based Management of Severe Malnutrition in Children (2006)
In 2005, FANTA
supported the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN) in hosting a meeting
on community-based management of severe malnutrition in children. The meeting brought together international experts
and representatives from the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Red Cross, research institutions, nongovernmental organizations, and
representatives of ministries of health. The consultation concluded:
“[C]ommunity-based
management of severe malnutrition is an effective intervention to treat a large
number of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition with a very low case
fatality rate, provided adequate dietary and medical treatment is delivered, close
follow-up is ensured and early detection is implemented at community level. Integration
of such programs as part of the routine health system would have a major public
health impact and contribute to the achievements of the Millennium Development
Goals [MDGs].”
The consultation agreed on guiding principles for the implementation of community-based
management of severe acute malnutrition and next steps for updating global recommendations
and country-level health policies for the inclusion of management of severe acute
malnutrition as an essential intervention toward achieving the MDGs for poverty
and child mortality reduction.
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Contents | Pages | Size |
| Table of
Contents and Foreword [Briend, Prudhon, Weise Prinzo, Daelmans, and Mason] | i
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Papers | | A
review of methods to detect cases of severely malnourished children in the community
for their admission into community-based therapeutic care programs [Manary,
Khara, and Collins] | 7-23 | 371
kb | | Efficacy
and effectiveness of community-based treatment of severe malnutrition [Ashworth] | 24-48 | 390
kb | | Key
issues in the success of community-based management of severe malnutrition
[Collins, Sadler, Dent, Khara, Guerrero, Myatt, Saboya, and Walsh] | 49-82 | 826
kb | | Local
production and provision of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) spread for the
treatment of severe childhood malnutrition [Manary] | 83-89 | 247
kb | | The
sustainability of community-based therapeutic care (CTC) in nonemergency contexts
[Gatchell, Forsythe, and Thomas] | 90-98 | 158
kb | | Proceedings
and Participants | | Proceedings
of the WHO, UNICEF, and SCN Informal Consultation on Community-Based Management
of Severe Malnutrition in Children and List of Participants [Prudhon, Weise
Prinzo, Briend, Daelmans, and Mason] | 99-108 | 147
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