| Title |
Ready‐to‐use therapeutic food for home‐based treatment of severe acute malnutrition in children from six months to five years of age
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, June 2013
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| DOI | 10.1002/14651858.cd009000.pub2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Anel Schoonees, Martani Lombard, Alfred Musekiwa, Etienne Nel, Jimmy Volmink |
| Abstract |
Malnourished children have a higher risk of death and illness. Treating severe acute malnourished children in hospitals is not always desirable or practical in rural settings, and home treatment may be better. Home treatment can be food prepared by the carer, such as flour porridge, or commercially manufactured food such as ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF). RUTF is made according to a standard, energy-rich composition defined by the World Health Organization (WHO). The benefits of RUTF include a low moisture content, long shelf life without needing refrigeration and that it requires no preparation. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 3 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 | <1% |
| Colombia | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Malawi | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 4 | 1% |
| Unknown | 376 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 81 | 21% |
| Researcher | 57 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 41 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 35 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 26 | 7% |
| Other | 75 | 19% |
| Unknown | 79 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 134 | 34% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 56 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 35 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 25 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 10 | 3% |
| Other | 38 | 10% |
| Unknown | 96 | 24% |
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