What you need to know:In Kiryandongo District, one of Uganda’s largest refugee-hosting areas, the screening campaign is already underway. The Ministry of Health has launched a nationwide door-to-door ...

With Kenya ranked as having a severe hunger crisis, experts warn that rising food prices and income insecurity are driving ...

What you need to know: The screening process involves an appetite test and weight checks to determine a child’s condition. Every two weeks, Ms Miriam Amoit Lapyem, a Village Health Team (VHT) member ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund has provided nutrition commodities valued at about N600 million to the Bauchi StateGovernment to support efforts in treating and preventing malnutrition among ...

Objective The aim of this study was to compare the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition and Subjective Global Assessment methods produced by the patient in the nutritional assessment of cancer ...

The AHA released a statement for malnutrition and cachexia in patients with cardiac conditions, and discuss clinical strategies for support and management.

Researchers suggest that specialized nutritional rehabilitation programs and cachexia clinics are ideal for managing anorexia-cachexia syndrome in patients with cancer.

Objective: Early detection of malnutrition risk in hospitalized children can improve health outcomes and quality of life; however, the number of studies where the pediatric screening tool is ...

Malnutrition can affect patients with various acute cardiovascular disease conditions, including acute coronary syndromes, arrhythmias, or valvular disease; however, most of the literature has focused ...

2 Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Intensive Care, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 3 Erasmus MC, Department of Biostatistics, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 4 Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Intensive ...

GLIM is a reliable tool for diagnosing malnutrition among individuals with IBD. The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria yield high sensitivity and moderate specificity for ...

I’m a global health reporter. When health workers screen small children for signs of malnutrition, they often collect a simple measurement with a tape measure. A typical two-year old has an upper arm ...