Introduction Child malnutrition (undernutrition) and adult non-communicable diseases
(NCDs) are major global public health problems. While convincing evidence links prenatal …

Background Severe anaemia is associated with high in-hospital mortality among young
children. In malaria-endemic areas, surviving children also remain at increased risk of …

Abstract Sustainable Development Goal 2.2—to end malnutrition by 2030—includes the
elimination of child wasting, defined as a weight-for-length z-score that is more than two …

Descriptive and translational investigations into the human gut microbiome (GM) are rapidly
expanding; however, studies are largely restricted to industrialized populations in the USA …

Background Children discharged from hospital following management of complicated
severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have a high risk of mortality, especially HIV-positive …

Introduction Severe and moderate acute malnutrition (SAM and MAM) affect more than 50
million children worldwide yet 80% of these children do not access care. The Combined …

Background Short-term anthropometric outcomes are well documented for children treated
for severe acute malnutrition (SAM). However, anthropometric recovery may not indicate …

After recovery, children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) remain vulnerable to sub-
optimal growth and malnutrition relapse. Although there is an increased interest in …

Introduction The immediate period after hospital discharge carries a large burden of
childhood mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Our objective was to derive and internally validate …

Background Children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) without complication are treated
in the outpatient therapeutic program (OTP) and the program has been reported to be …