Diagnosis and Treatment of Severely Malnourished Children in Outpatient Therapeutic Programme
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severe acute malnutrition, outpatient therapeutic program, malnourished children
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Severe acute malnutrition among children is still one of the main public health challenges in the 21st century, particularly in developing countries. It is associated with a high risk of morbidity and mortality. The goals of management of SAM are to prevent short-term mortality, achieve sustained nutritional recovery to reduce susceptibility to life-threatening infections, and support neurocognitive development. In addition to that, SAM children need urgent lifesaving treatment to survive. The outpatient therapeutic feeding program is one dimension of the community-based management of acute malnutrition that provides screening, diagnostic, and treatment services for uncomplicated SAM children 6-59 months of age, by giving home-based treatment as Ready-to-use Therapeutic Food and routine medical treatment. This review article gives a comprehensive update on outpatient therapeutic programmes in light of recently published standard treatment guidelines for the management of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition.
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