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Treatment outcome and factors affecting time to recovery among children with severe acute malnutrition receiving outpatient therapeutic care in Nakivale refugee settlement
(Makerere University, 2021-02-17)
Introduction: Outpatient therapeutic care (OTC) has been decentralized to the health centre level in Uganda. In order to facilitate assessment, care and support of children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition ...
Prevalence and factors associated with malnutrition among children aged 5- 17 years living in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Isingiro district.
(Makerere University, 2022-03)
Background: Hunger and malnutrition are rampant among refugees and displaced populations, many of whom are infants and children. These suffer from one or more of the multiple forms of malnutrition. Nakivale Refugee Settlement ...
Retrospective analysis of concurrently wasted and stunted children 6-59 months in the outpatient therapeutic feeding programme in Karamoja: burden, characteristics, detection, response to treatment and outcomes
(Makerere University, 2022-01-11)
Background: Children with wasting and stunting at the same time (WaSt) are an emerging public health priority group. They have a comparable risk of death to children with severe wasting. However, evidence is needed to ...
Prevalence, pattern and factors associated with ocular manifestations in malnourished children attending Mulago National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2022-12)
Introduction: Ocular manifestations are among a wide range of systemic manifestations associated with malnutrition. Children with malnutrition have micro-nutrient deficiencies which impair the body systems including ocular ...