scholarly journals AN EXPERIENCE OF FACILITY-BASED MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 0-59 MONTHS ADOPTING THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION RECOMMENDATIONS AT NUTRITION REHABILITATION CENTRE, ANANTHAPURAMU

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (32) ◽  
pp. 1744-1748
Author(s):  
Praveen Deen Kumar N ◽  
Praveena B
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Severe Acute Malnutrition ◽  
Acute Malnutrition ◽  
World Health ◽  
Rehabilitation Centre ◽  
The World ◽  
Nutrition Rehabilitation ◽  
Health Organization

scholarly journals An Experience at a Tertiary Level Hospital NRC in Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children Aged between 6-59 Months Adopting World Health Organization Recommendations

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Bharathi ◽  
K. Anuradha ◽  
J. Venkateshwar Rao
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Severe Acute Malnutrition ◽  
Case Fatality ◽  
Acute Malnutrition ◽  
World Health ◽  
Severe Malnutrition ◽  
Rehabilitation Center ◽  
Nutritional Rehabilitation ◽  
Retrospective Case ◽  
Health Organization

<p><em>Objectives:<strong> </strong></em><em>To study the outcome indicators of a nutritional rehabilitation center and to assess its performance.</em></p><p><em>Design: </em><em>Retrospective case study.</em></p><p><em>Period:</em><em> One year period from Jan 2014 to Dec 2014.</em></p><p><em>Methods:<strong> </strong></em><em>Data of 254 children aged between 6-59</em><em> </em><em>months with severe acute malnutrition admitted in nutritional rehabilitation center at department of pediatrics, Gandhi hospital, was</em><em> </em><em>analyzed retrospectively. Identification and treatment of severe acute malnutrition was done according to world health organization recommendations.</em></p><p><em>Results:<strong> </strong></em><em>The recovery rate, death rate, defaulter rate, mean (SD) weight gain &amp; mean (SD) duration of stay in the nutritional rehabilitation center were 51.42%, 3.54%, 28.57%, 8g/kg/day, 14.2 days respectively.</em></p><p><em>Conclusions:<strong> </strong></em><em>Nutritional rehabilitation centers are effective in management of severe malnutrition and also in decreasing the case fatality rates.</em></p>

Erstes Instrument zur standardisierten Erfassung der Teilhabe Behinderter

2017 ◽  
Vol 79 (07) ◽  
pp. 526-527
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Menschen Mit Behinderung

Coenen M et al. [Recommendation for the collection and analysis of data on participation and disability from the perspective of the World Health Organization]. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 2016; 59: 1060–1067 Um eine gleichberechtigte Teilhabe an der Gesellschaft von Menschen mit Behinderung zu ermöglichen, werden zunächst Daten zu vorhandenen Einschränkungen gebraucht. Erst wenn diese detailliert erhoben wurden, können Konzepte zur Beseitigung von Problemen entwickelt werden. Ein standardisiertes Erhebungsinstrument für alle Aspekte der Funktionsfähigkeit fehlte jedoch bisher.

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