ReviewEmerging infectious diseases2022
Outcomes after Acute Malnutrition Program Adaptations to COVID-19, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Somalia.
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- Evaluating the Performance of Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition Programs in Somalia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- Beyond therapeutic feeding: a call for integrated strategies to end child malnutrition in Somalia.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Weight gain among children under five with severe malnutrition in therapeutic feeding programmes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- Simplified treatment protocols improve recovery of children with severe acute malnutrition in South Sudan: results from a mixed methods study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2024Article
- Acute malnutrition recovery rates improve with COVID-19 adapted nutrition treatment protocols in South Sudan: a mixed methods study.BMC nutrition · 2023Article
- Global Responses to the COVID-19 PandemicEmerging infectious diseases · 2022Review
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Abstract
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, protocols for community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) were implemented to support continuity of essential feeding services while mitigating COVID-19 transmission. To assess correlations between adaptation timing and CMAM program indicators, we evaluated routine program data in Uganda, Ethiopia, and Somalia for children 6-59 months of age. We specifically analyzed facility-level changes in total admissions, average length of stay (ALOS), total children screened for admission, and recovery rates before and after adaptations. We found no statistically significant changes in program indicators after adaptations. For Somalia, we also analyzed child-level changes in ALOS and in weight and mid-upper arm circumference at admission and discharge. ALOS significantly increased immediately after adaptations and then decreased to preadaptation levels. We found no meaningful changes in either weight or mid-upper arm circumference at admission or discharge. These findings indicate that adapted CMAM programs can remain effective.
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