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Follow-up of post-discharge growth and mortality after treatment for severe acute malnutrition (FuSAM study): a prospective cohort study by Kerac, Marko, Bunn, James, Chagaluka, George, Bahwere, Paluku, Tomkins, Andrew, Collins, Steve, Seal, Andrew

“…Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) plays a vital role in achieving global child survival targets. Effective treatment programmes are available but…”
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Children with Moderate Acute Malnutrition with No Access to Supplementary Feeding Programmes Experience High Rates of Deterioration and No Improvement: Results from a Prospective Cohort Study in Rural Ethiopia by James, Philip, Sadler, Kate, Wondafrash, Mekitie, Argaw, Alemayehu, Luo, Hanqi, Geleta, Benti, Kedir, Kiya, Getnet, Yilak, Belachew, Tefera, Bahwere, Paluku

“…Children with moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) have an increased risk of mortality, infections and impaired physical and cognitive development compared to…”
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The Forgotten Agenda of Wasting in Southeast Asia: Burden, Determinants and Overlap with Stunting: A Review of Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Demographic and Health Surveys in Six Countries by Mutunga, Mueni, Frison, Severine, Rava, Matteo, Bahwere, Paluku

“…Childhood wasting is among the most prevalent forms of undernutrition globally. The Southeast Asia region is home to many wasted children, but wasting is not…”
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Nutrition status and morbidity of Ethiopian children after recovery from severe acute malnutrition: Prospective matched cohort study by Girma, Tsinuel, James, Philip T, Abdissa, Alemseged, Luo, Hanqi, Getu, Yesufe, Fantaye, Yilak, Sadler, Kate, Bahwere, Paluku

“…After recovery, children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) remain vulnerable to sub-optimal growth and malnutrition relapse. Although there is an increased…”
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Amino acid-enriched plant-based RUTF treatment was not inferior to peanut-milk RUTF treatment in restoring plasma amino acid levels among patients with oedematous or non-oedematous malnutrition by Sato, Wataru, Furuta, Chie, Akomo, Peter, Bahwere, Paluku, Collins, Steve, Sadler, Kate, Banda, Chrissy, Maganga, Elizabeth, Kathumba, Sylvester, Murakami, Hitoshi

“…Ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) with adequate quality protein is used to treat children with oedematous and non-oedematous severe acute malnutrition…”
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The relationship between wasting and stunting in Cambodian children: Secondary analysis of longitudinal data of children below 24 months of age followed up until the age of 59 months by Mutunga, Mueni, Rutishauser-Perera, Alexandra, Laillou, Arnaud, Prak, Sophonneary, Berger, Jacques, Wieringa, Frank T, Bahwere, Paluku

“…The interrelationship between wasting and stunting has been poorly investigated. We assessed the association between two indicators of linear growth,…”
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Effectiveness of a nonweight‐based daily dosage of ready‐to‐use therapeutic food in children suffering from uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition: A nonrandomized, noninferiority analysis of programme data in Afghanistan by Bahwere, Paluku, Funnell, Grace, Qarizada, Ahmad Nawid, Woodhead, Sophie, Bengnwi, Wilfred, Le, Minh Tram

“…Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) remains a major global public health problem. SAM cases are treated using ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) at a dosage of…”
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Soya, maize and sorghum ready-to-use therapeutic foods are more effective in correcting anaemia and iron deficiency than the standard ready-to-use therapeutic food: randomized controlled trial by Akomo, Peter, Bahwere, Paluku, Murakami, Hitoshi, Banda, Chrissy, Maganga, Elizabeth, Kathumba, Sylvester, Sadler, Kate, Collins, Steve

“…The prevalence of anaemia and iron deficiency (ID) among children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and their correction during nutritional rehabilitation…”
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Probiotics and prebiotics for severe acute malnutrition (PRONUT study): a double-blind efficacy randomised controlled trial in Malawi by Kerac, Marko, MRCPCH, Bunn, James, FRCPCH, Seal, Andrew, PhD, Thindwa, Mariam, Tomkins, Andrew, Prof, Sadler, Kate, PhD, Bahwere, Paluku, PhD, Collins, Steve, MD

“…Summary Background Severe acute malnutrition affects 13 million children worldwide and causes 1–2 million deaths every year. Our aim was to assess the clinical…”
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Anthropometric criteria for best-identifying children at high risk of mortality: a pooled analysis of twelve cohorts by Khara, Tanya, Myatt, Mark, Sadler, Kate, Bahwere, Paluku, Berkley, James A, Black, Robert E, Boyd, Erin, Garenne, Michel, Isanaka, Sheila, Lelijveld, Natasha, McDonald, Christine, Mertens, Andrew, Mwangome, Martha, O’Brien, Kieran, Stobaugh, Heather, Taneja, Sunita, West, Keith P, Briend, André

“…To understand which anthropometric diagnostic criteria best discriminate higher from lower risk of death in children and explore programme implications. A…”
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Amino-acid-enriched cereals ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTF) are as effective as milk-based RUTF in recovering essential amino acid during the treatment of severe acute malnutrition in children: An individually randomized control trial in Malawi by Sato, Wataru, Furuta, Chie, Matsunaga, Keiko, Bahwere, Paluku, Collins, Steve, Sadler, Kate, Akomo, Peter, Banda, Chrissy, Maganga, Elizabeth, Kathumba, Sylvester, Murakami, Hitoshi

“…Ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) is used to treat children suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Standard RUTF uses milk as the primary protein…”
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Prevention of child wasting: Results of a Child Health & Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) prioritisation exercise by Frison, Severine, Angood, Chloe, Khara, Tanya, Bahwere, Paluku, Black, Robert E, Briend, André, Connell, Nicki, Fenn, Bridget, Isanaka, Sheila, James, Philip, Kerac, Marko, Mayberry, Amy, Myatt, Mark, Dolan, Carmel

“…An estimated 49.5 million children under five years of age are wasted. There is a lack of robust studies on effective interventions to prevent wasting. The aim…”
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Diagnostic ability of mid-upper arm circumference-to-length ratio in detecting wasting among infants aged 1–6 months in Ethiopia by Jima, Beshada Rago, Hassen, Hamid Yimem, Bahwere, Paluku, Gebreyesus, Seifu Hagos

“…Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) is an age-sensitive anthropometric measurement in infants. However, exact age is difficult to know, particularly in…”
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How do children with severe underweight and wasting respond to treatment? A pooled secondary data analysis to inform future intervention studies by Odei Obeng‐Amoako, Gloria A., Stobaugh, Heather, Wrottesley, Stephanie V., Khara, Tanya, Binns, Paul, Trehan, Indi, Black, Robert E., Webb, Patrick, Mwangome, Martha, Bailey, Jeanette, Bahwere, Paluku, Dolan, Carmel, Boyd, Erin, Briend, André, Myatt, Mark A., Lelijveld, Natasha

“…Children with weight‐for‐age z‐score (WAZ) <−3 have a high risk of death, yet this indicator is not widely used in nutrition treatment programming. This pooled…”
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Use of tuberculin skin test for assessment of immune recovery among previously malnourished children in Ethiopia by Bahwere, Paluku, James, Philip, Abdissa, Alemseged, Getu, Yesufe, Getnet, Yilak, Sadler, Kate, Girma, Tsinuel

“…To compare levels of immunity in children recovering from severe acute malnutrition (cases) against those of community controls (controls). At baseline…”
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Anthropometric deficits and the associated risk of death by age and sex in children aged 6–59 months: A meta‐analysis by Thurstans, Susan, Wrottesley, Stephanie V., Fenn, Bridget, Khara, Tanya, Bahwere, Paluku, Berkley, James A., Black, Robert E., Boyd, Erin, Garenne, Michel, Isanaka, Sheila, Lelijveld, Natasha, McDonald, Christine M., Mertens, Andrew, Mwangome, Martha, O'Brien, Kieran S., Stobaugh, Heather, Taneja, Sunita, West, Keith P., Guerrero, Saul, Kerac, Marko, Briend, André, Myatt, Mark

“…Risk of death from undernutrition is thought to be higher in younger than in older children, but evidence is mixed. Research also demonstrates sex differences…”
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Growth monitoring and mortality risk in low birthweight infants: a birth cohort study in Burkina Faso by Mwangome, Martha, Ngari, Moses, Bahwere, Paluku, Kabore, Patrick, McGrath, Marie, Berkley, James A

“…Wasting and underweight in infancy is an increasingly recognised problem but consensus on optimum assessment is lacking. In particular, there is uncertainty on…”
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Development of a cross-over randomized trial method to determine the acceptability and safety of novel ready-to-use therapeutic foods by Dibari, Filippo, M.Sc, Bahwere, Paluku, Ph.D., M.D, Huerga, Helena, Ph.D., M.D, Irena, Abel Hailu, M.D, Owino, Victor, Ph.D, Collins, Steve, Ph.D., M.D, Seal, Andrew, Ph.D., M.Sc

“…Abstract Objective To develop a method for determining the acceptability and safety of ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTF) before clinical trialing…”
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Acceptability and effectiveness of chickpea sesame-based ready-to-use therapeutic food in malnourished HIV-positive adults by Bahwere, Paluku, Sadler, Kate, Collins, Steve

“…A prospective descriptive study to assess acceptability and effectiveness of a locally made ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) in HIV-infected chronically…”
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Uptake of HIV testing and outcomes within a Community-based Therapeutic Care (CTC) programme to treat severe acute malnutrition in Malawi: a descriptive study by Bahwere, Paluku, Piwoz, Ellen, Joshua, Marthias C, Sadler, Kate, Grobler-Tanner, Caroline H, Guerrero, Saul, Collins, Steve

“…In Malawi and other high HIV prevalence countries, studies suggest that more than 30% of all severely malnourished children admitted to inpatient nutrition…”
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