Recovery, relapse, and episodes of default in the management of acute malnutrition in children in humanitarian emergencies: a systematic review

RECOVERY, RELAPSE, AND EPISODES OF DEFAULT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN IN HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW Severe acute malnutrition and moderate acute

malnutrition affect 52 million children under 5years of age around the globe CONTENTS * Abstract * Citation * Links ABSTRACT Severe acute malnutrition (SAM, or severe wasting) and moderate

acute malnutrition (MAM, or moderate wasting) affect 52 million children under 5years of age around the globe. This systematic review, commissioned by the Humanitarian Evidence Programme and

carried out by a research team from the University of Sheffield, represents the first attempt to apply systematic review methodology to establish the relationships between recovery and

relapse and between default rates and repeated episodes of default or relapse in the management of acute malnutrition in children in humanitarian emergencies in low- and middle-income

countries. The systematic review, together with corresponding executive summary and evidence brief, forms part of a series of humanitarian evidence syntheses and systematic reviews

commissioned by the Humanitarian Evidence Programme. Other reports in the series review the evidence on interventions or approaches to mental health, child protection, market support and

household food security, pastoralist livelihoods, shelter self-recovery and targeting in urban settings. The Humanitarian Evidence Programme is a partnership between Oxfam GB and the

Feinstein International Center at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University. It is funded by the UK government’s Department for International Development (DFID)

through the Humanitarian Innovation and Evidence Programme. CITATION Akparibo, R., Lee, A.C.K. and Booth, A. (2017). Recovery, relapse and episodes of default in the management of acute

malnutrition in children in humanitarian emergencies: A systematic review. Humanitarian Evidence Programme. Oxford: Oxfam GB. LINKS Recovery, relapse and episodes of default in the

management of acute malnutrition in children in humanitarian emergencies: A systematic review Relationships between recovery and relapse, and default and repeated episodes of default in the

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