Mothers screening for malnutrition by mid-upper arm circumference is non-inferior to community health workers: Results from a large-scale pragmatic trial in rural Niger

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Alé, Franck G B ^a   Phelan, Kevin P Q ^a   Issa, Hassan ^a   Defourny, Isabelle ^a,h   Le Duc, Guillaume ^a   Harczi, Geza ^a   Issaley, Kader ^a   Sayadi, Sani ^b   Ousmane, Nassirou ^c   Yahaya, Issoufou ^c   Myatt, Mark ^d   Briend, André ^e,f   Allafort Duverger, Thierry ^a   Shepherd, Susan ^a   Blackwell, Nikki ^a,g  

^a Alliance for International Medical Action ^*  (Senegal)

^b Bien tre de la Femme et de l'Enfant (BEFEN)   (Niger)

^c Ministry of Public Health   (Niger)

^d Brixton Health   (United Kingdom)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Community management of acute malnutrition; Mid upper arm circumference; Screening by mothers; Severe acute malnutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84985014307     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13690-016-0149-5     Document Type: Article

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