Can we predict the burden of acute malnutrition in crisis-affected countries? findings from somalia and south sudan

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  • who: Francesco Checchi from the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology London, UK have published the Article: Can we predict the burden of acute malnutrition in crisis-affected countries? Findings from Somalia and South Sudan, in the Journal: Nutrition Cluster, Somalia
  • what: For this paper, and in accordance with current Unicef guidance, the authors refer to acute malnutrition (also commonly known as wasting) as the occurrence of two partially overlapping presentations: marasmus, characterised by a recent and severe weight loss, and the rarer but more lethal oedematous form (kwashiorkor).
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