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Measuring Food Insecurity in Children under 5 Years of Age with Acute Undernutrition in Valle Del Cauca-Colombia.
Children (Basel)
September 2024
Department of Pediatrics, Universidad del Valle, Cali 760001, Colombia.
Unlabelled: Malnutrition is a global problem that affects all countries in one or more of its forms, representing one of the greatest challenges worldwide. One of the key contributing factors is food insecurity, which must be evaluated in children with moderate and severe acute malnutrition, as they are at imminent risk of death.
Objective: Our objective was to assess food insecurity among children under 5 years old with moderate, and severe malnutrition from Valle del Cauca, a state located in the southwestern region of Colombia.
The Spectrum of Pathogens Associated with Infections in African Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition: A Scoping Review.
Trop Med Infect Dis
October 2024
Department of Paediatrics, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar 540271, Nigeria.
Article Synopsis
- Understanding the link between infections and severe acute malnutrition is crucial for effectively managing malnourished children in Africa, but research on the pathogens affecting this population is limited.
- A systematic review of 60 studies identified 5,845 pathogens, primarily focusing on viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi, with significant contributions from HIV and malaria.
- The study highlights a concerning lack of data on fungal infections and antibiotic resistance, as well as high fatality rates in malnourished children, emphasizing the need for more comprehensive research in this area.
Hepatic mitochondrial and peroxisomal alterations in acutely ill malnourished Malawian children: A postmortem cohort study.
Glob Pediatr
September 2024
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to investigate liver histopathology in children who died of acute illness in Malawi, specifically looking at nutritional status and its effects on liver mitochondria and peroxisomes.
- Researchers collected liver tissue from eleven children under five, categorizing them into non-wasted, severely wasted, and edematous malnutrition groups to analyze histological differences using advanced microscopy techniques.
- Results showed that children with edematous malnutrition had significantly fewer and more abnormal mitochondria compared to the other groups, indicating that targeting liver metabolic functions could help improve outcomes for children suffering from severe malnutrition.
Dermatological changes in a prospective cohort of acutely ill, hospitalised Malawian children, stratified according to nutritional status.
BMJ Paediatr Open
June 2024
Amsterdam Centre for Global Child Health & Emma Children's Hospital, Pediatrics, Amsterdam UMC, Locatie AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Rationale: Since the first documentation of skin changes in malnutrition in the early 18th century, various hair and skin changes have been reported in severely malnourished children globally. We aimed to describe the frequency and types of skin conditions in children admitted with acute illness to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi across a spectrum of nutritional status and validate an existing skin assessment tool.
Methods: Children between 1 week and 23 months of age with acute illness were enrolled and stratified by anthropometry.
Profile of Children with Undernutrition Admitted in Two Secondary-Level Hospitals in Maputo City, Mozambique.
Nutrients
April 2024
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium.
Mozambique has one of the highest child undernutrition rates in Sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to characterize the profile of children from 1 to 14 years old hospitalized for undernutrition and to explore associated risk factors. Clinical, demographic, socioeconomic, and environmental data were collected.
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