Mothers screening for malnutrition by mid-upper arm circumference is non-inferior to community health workers: results from a large-scale pragmatic trial in rural Niger

Community health workers (CHWs) are recommended to screen for acute malnutrition in the community by assessing mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) on children between 6 and 59 months of age. MUAC is a simple screening tool that has been shown to be a better predictor of mortality in acutely malnouris...

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Veröffentlicht in:Archives of public health = Archives belges de santé publique 2016-09, Vol.74 (1), p.38-38, Article 38
Hauptverfasser: Alé, Franck G B, Phelan, Kevin P Q, Issa, Hassan, Defourny, Isabelle, Le Duc, Guillaume, Harczi, Geza, Issaley, Kader, Sayadi, Sani, Ousmane, Nassirou, Yahaya, Issoufou, Myatt, Mark, Briend, André, Allafort-Duverger, Thierry, Shepherd, Susan, Blackwell, Nikki
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