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Acute malnutrition and food insecurity in Yemen, 2021: Evidence from a two-stage cluster randomised survey in a protracted crisis

Perez Duque M, Alburhomy A, Ahmed A, Saleh Y, Wolz A,  et al.
2025-07-11 • PLOS Global Public Health
2025-07-11 • PLOS Global Public Health

The ongoing conflict in Yemen, which began in 2014, has led to one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises. The Hudaydah region, located on the Red Sea coast and home to the co...

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Research

Intravenous rehydration for severe acute malnutrition with gastroenteritis

Maitland K, Ouattara SM, Sainna H, Chara A, Ogundipe OF,  et al.
2025-06-13 • New England Journal of Medicine
2025-06-13 • New England Journal of Medicine

BACKGROUND

International recommendations advise against the use of intravenous rehydration therapy in children with severe acute malnutrition because of the con...

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Poster

Increased treatment coverage, reduced incidence of severe acute malnutrition with the OptiMA protocol: a prospective observational cohort in rural Chad

Phelan K, Sana I, Alitanou R, Daures M, Coulibaly W,  et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
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Slide Presentation

Integration of psychosocial stimulation for children with severe acute malnutrition (aged 6–23 months) into a nutrition programme in Koutiala, Mali: the STIMNUT study

Bossard C, Mazzilli S, Diallo A, Payotte S, Le Roch K,  et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
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Abstract

Integration of psychosocial stimulation for children with severe acute malnutrition (aged 6–23 months) into a nutrition programme in Koutiala, Mali: the STIMNUT study

Bossard C, Mazzilli S, Diallo A, Payotte S, Le Roch K,  et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
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Commentary

Leveraging nutritional rehabilitation and tuberculosis programmes to tackle tuberculosis and severe acute malnutrition in children

Vonasek BJ, Marcy O, Armour J, Casenghi M, Cazes C,  et al.
2025-03-23 • Lancet Child and Adolescent Health
2025-03-23 • Lancet Child and Adolescent Health

Each day more than 500 children younger than 15 years die from tuberculosis. Considerable progress has been...

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Research

Understanding the medical challenges for the diagnosis and treatment of bilateral pitting oedema in children: a qualitative study

Scarpa G, Sagara J, Mambula C, Koudika MH, Loddo F,  et al.
2025-03-18 • PLOS Global Public Health
2025-03-18 • PLOS Global Public Health

Severely malnourished patients can present with bilateral pitting oedema, which is a common sign of Kwashiorkor. However, bilateral pitting oedema can also be an expression of other p...

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Poster

Morbidity patterns and factors associated with mortality in the Inpatient Therapeutic Feeding Centre (ITFC) in Abs General Hospital, Yemen

Yang SL, Gonzalez M, Hazaea Mohammed HA, Lim SY, Ferreras E,  et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
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Slide Presentation

StimNut: innovative community action research on psychosocial stimulation to improve care for severely malnourished children in Koutiala, Mali

Bossard C, Payotte S, Scarpa G, Diallo AK, Lissouba P,  et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
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Video

Morbidity patterns and factors associated with mortality in the Inpatient Therapeutic Feeding Centre (ITFC) in Abs General Hospital, Yemen

Yang SL, Gonzalez M, Hazaea Mohammed HA, Lim SY, Ferreras E,  et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
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Abstract

Stimnut: Innovative community action research on psychosocial stimulation to improve care fo severely malnourished children in Koutiala, Mali

Bossard C, Payotte S, Scarpa G, Diallo AK, Lissouba P,  et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Early psychosocial stimulation for infants in precarious situations can yield both short- and long-term benefits to cognitive and social development. Compre...
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Poster

PS SAM - A qualitative study to understand facilitators and barriers to implementation of psycho-social stimulation interventions in the context of severe acute malnutrition

Kalmus Eliasz M, Advani D, Gladstone M
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
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Abstract

Probiotiques chez les enfants avec malnutrition aiguë sévère non compliquée (PRUSAM): Un essai contrôlé randomisé en République Démocratique du Congo

Mbusa Kambale R, Ntagerwa Ntagazibwa J, Bwija Kasengi J, Burume Zigashane A, Nancy Francisca I,  et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
CONTEXTE
La malnutrition aigüe sévère (MAS) contribue annuellement au décès d’un million d’enfants. Les diarrhées et la pneumonie sont les principales morbidités associées à ces décè...
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Video

StimNut: innovative community action research on psychosocial stimulation to improve care for severely malnourished children in Koutiala, Mali

Bossard C, Payotte S, Scarpa G, Diallo AK, Lissouba P,  et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
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Slide Presentation

Probiotiques chez les enfants avec malnutrition aiguë sévère non compliquée : essai contrôlé randomisé en République Démocratique du Congo

Mbusa Kambale R, Ntagerwa Ntagazibwa J, Bwija Kasengi J, Burume Zigashane A, Nancy Francisca I,  et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
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Poster

Applying machine learning algorithms to predict low weight gain in severe acute malnutrition treatment under a simplified protocol in emergency settings of Niger

Charle-Cuellar P, Sanchez Martinez LJ, Tulipani S, Gado AA, Roland P,  et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
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Research

Prescribing practices in the treatment of wasting: secondary analysis from a randomised trial

Rattigan SM, Grantz KH, Hanson K, Langendorf C, Berthé F,  et al.
2024-02-26 • BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health
2024-02-26 • BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health
INTRODUCTION
Current guidelines for the outpatient treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) recommend the provision of routine medications to all children at admission and prescr...
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Protocol

Gastroenteritis rehydration of children with severe acute malnutrition (GASTROSAM): A phase II randomised controlled trial: Trial protocol

Olupot-Olupot P, Aloroker F, Mpoya A, Mnjalla H, Paasi G,  et al.
2024-01-16 • Wellcome Open Research
2024-01-16 • Wellcome Open Research

BACKGROUND

Chi...

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Research

How age and sex affect treatment outcomes for children with severe malnutrition: A multi-country secondary data analysis

Thurstans S, Opondo C, Bailey J, Stobaugh H, Loddo F,  et al.
2023-12-04 • Maternal and Child Nutrition
2023-12-04 • Maternal and Child Nutrition
Age and sex influence the risk of childhood wasting. We aimed to determine if wasting treatment outcomes differ by age and sex in children under 5 years, enroled in therapeutic and suppl...
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Research

Effect of amoxicillin on the gut microbiome of children with severe acute malnutrition in Madarounfa, Niger: a retrospective metagenomic analysis of a placebo-controlled trial

Schwartz DJ, Langdon A, Sun X, Langendorf C, Berthé F,  et al.
2023-10-19 • Lancet Microbe
2023-10-19 • Lancet Microbe
BACKGROUND
Children with severe acute malnutrition are treated with antibiotics as outpatients. We aimed to determine the effect of 7 days of amoxicillin on acute and long-term chang...