MUAC as the sole discharge criterion from community-based management of severe acute malnutrition in Burkina Faso.

ABSTRACT: The use of mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) measurement to screen and determine eligibility for admission to therapeutic feeding programs has been established, but evidence and programmatic experience to inform guidance on the use of MUAC as a discharge criterion is limited. We present results from a large-scale nutritional program using MUAC for admission and discharge and compare program outcomes and response to treatment when determining eligibility for discharge by proportional weight gain versus discharge by MUAC. The study population included all children admitted to the Ministry of Health therapeutic feeding program supported by Médecins Sans Frontières in northern Burkina Faso from September 2007 to December 2011 (n = 50,841). Recovery was high overall using both discharge criter

SUBMITTER: Isanaka S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6585742 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature