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Acute Malnutrition A Preventable Pandemic 01.2009
Acute Malnutrition A Preventable Pandemic 01.2009
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Susana Vera
ACUTE MALNUTRITION
A Preventable Pandemic
DIAGNOSING MALNUTRITION
ER P
YRA
M
ID
TRIGGER FACTORS
THE
HUN
G
ACUTE
MALNUTRITION
TRIGGER FACTORS
Violence
Failing States
Natural Disasters
STRUCTURAL FACTORS
Poverty
Gender
Climate Change
Trade Policy
HIV & AIDS
0-5%
6-10%
11-15%
16-20%
++20%
++20
20
20%
%
%
DIAGNOSING SEVERE
ACUTE MALNUTRITION
A
B
PHASE 1
Administration of therapeutic
milk formula F-75 to jumpstart
a childs metabolism and restore
hydroelectric equilibrium.
TRANSITION P
Administration of ther
formula F-100 until th
metabolism stabilizes
foods can be introduc
READY-TO-USE-FOODS
A range of revolutionary Ready-To-Use-Foods
(RUFs) have been developed in the form of peanutbutter pastes and biscuits that are nutrient-rich and
packed with high concentrations of energy and
calories. These nutrition products reduce exposure
to water-borne bacteria because they contain no
water content and require no dilution, reducing the
risk of exposure to unclean water. RUFs require no
refrigeration, and no heating or preparation, all of
which ensure that vitamins and nutrients arent lost
by the time they are consumednot to mention the
fuel savings for poorer households.
These products are transforming the treatment
and prevention of acute malnutrition: their
potential for scaled up humanitarian action, for
safe treatment at home, and their effectiveness
in the fielda minimum cure rate of 80%could
spell the end of acute malnutrition as we know it.
PHASE
rapeutic milk
he childs
s and solid
ced.
PHASE 2
POST TREATMENT