Antibiotics as Part of the Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition

March 5, 2013

N Engl J Med 2013;368:425-35. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1202851 Antibiotics as Part of the Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition Full text Indi Trehan, et al. BACKGROUND – Severe acute malnutrition contributes to 1 million deaths among children annually. Adding routine antibiotic agents to nutritional therapy may increase recovery rates and decrease mortality among children with severe acute […]

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Multisector intervention to accelerate reductions in child stunting

March 5, 2013

Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Dec;94(6):1632-42. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.111.020099 Multisector intervention to accelerate reductions in child stunting: an observational study from 9 sub-Saharan African countries. Full text, pdf Remans R, et al. BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa, ~ 40% of children20%. A stratified random sample of households and resident children RESULTS: Three years after the start of […]

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Under-nutrition and Water, sanitation and hygiene

March 5, 2013

Under-nutrition and Water, sanitation and hygiene, 2013. Full text, pdf WaterAid; SHARE Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) play a fundamental role in improving nutritional outcomes. A successful global effort to tackle under-nutrition must include WASH.

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How much international variation in child height can sanitation explain ?

March 5, 2013

How much international variation in child height can sanitation explain? World Bank Policy Research working paper 6351 Full text, pdf | Summary, pdf |  Dean Spears Summary: Physical height is an important economic variable reflecting health and human capital. Puzzlingly, however, differences in average height across developing countries are not well explained by differences in wealth. In […]

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Food Chain Mycotoxin Exposure, Gut Health, and Impaired Growth: A Conceptual Framework

March 5, 2013

Adv. Nutr. 3: 526–531, 2012. Food Chain Mycotoxin Exposure, Gut Health, and Impaired Growth: A Conceptual Framework Laura E. Smith,2* Rebecca J. Stoltzfus,2 and Andrew Prendergast3 2Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Queen Mary University of London, UK; and 3Zvitambo Project, Harare, Zimbabwe Abstract – Childhood stunting is an important and intractable public […]

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Review: Enteropathies in the Developing World: Neglected Effects on Global Health

March 5, 2013

Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 86(5), 2012, pp. 756–763, doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0743 Review: Enteropathies in the Developing World: Neglected Effects on Global Health Andrew Prendergast* and Paul Kelly. Centre for Paediatrics and Centre for Digestive Diseases, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom; Zvitambo Project, Harare, Zimbabwe; University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, ZambiaAbstract – A spectrum […]

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