Ready-to-use foods for management of moderate acute malnutrition: Considerations for scaling up production and use in programs

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages S59-S64

  Osendarp, Saskia ^a   Rogers, Beatrice ^b   Ryan, Kelsey ^c   Manary, Mark ^c   Akomo, Peter ^d   Bahwere, Paluku ^d   Belete, Hilina ^e   Zeilani, Mamane ^f   Islam, Munirul ^g   Dibari, Filippo ^h   De Pee, Saskia ^b,h  

^a MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Valid International   (United Kingdom)

^e Hilina Enriched Food   (Ethiopia)

^f Nutriset SAS   (France)

^g INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^h World Food Programme   (Italy)

Author keywords

Local formulation; Local production; Moderate acute malnutrition; Ready to use foods; Scale up programs

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TREATMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; INVESTMENT; MALNUTRITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; AGENDA 21; FOOD; FOOD QUALITY; GUIDELINE; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; LINEAR PROGRAMING; SUSTAINABILITY;

MALAWI;

COMMUNITY CARE; COST; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; ECONOMICS; ELEMENTAL DIET; FOOD; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALAWI; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD, FORMULATED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY; PROGRAMMING, LINEAR;

EID: 84930354352     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/15648265150361S110     Document Type: Article

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