Background Children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have poor long-term
outcomes following discharge, with high rates of mortality, morbidity, and impaired …

Background Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a major global health problem affecting
some 16.9 million children under five. Little is known about what happens to children 6–24 …

The objectives of most treatment programs for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children
focus on initial recovery only, leaving post‐discharge outcomes, such as relapse, poorly …

Objective To understand how the World Health Organization's (WHO's) guidelines on the
inpatient care of children with complicated severe acute malnutrition may be strengthened to …

Background Malnutrition underlies 45% of under-5 deaths globally. Severe acute
malnutrition (SAM) is the most serious form of undernutrition, characterized by wasting with …

Importance Children treated for acute malnutrition remain at increased risk of relapse,
infection, and mortality after programmatic recovery. Global guidelines for the management …

Background Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children aged 6-59 months is defined in
anthropometric terms as weight-for-height z score≤–3 Z-score (WHZ), or mid-upper-arm …

Background Malnutrition continues to be a public health challenge in sub-Saharan African
countries. In Ethiopia, there is a paucity of data regarding factors affecting treatment …

Background Data on outcomes of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) following
treatment are scarce with none described from any upper-middle-income country. This study …

This study aimed to quantify the burden of relapse following successful treatment for
uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and to identify associated risk factors in rural …