Recovery time and associated factors of severe acute malnutrition among children in Bahir Dar city, Northwest Ethiopia: an institution based retrospective cohort study

Recovery time and associated factors of severe acute malnutrition among children in Bahir Dar city, Northwest Ethiopia: an institution based retrospective cohort study

Abstract Background Malnutrition commonly affects all groups in a community, but infants and young children are the most vulnerable. Worldwide, nearly 24 million under five children experience severe acute malnutrition (SAM) which contributes to one million child deaths yearly and 19 million severel...

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Main Authors: Degnet Teferi Asres, Reddy P. C. J. Prasad, Tadesse Awoke Ayele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:BMC Nutrition
Subjects:
Severe acute malnutrition
Treatment outcomes
Recovery time
Northwest Ethiopia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40795-018-0224-0

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